Sign in with Apple
There’s a more subtle game-changer hiding in iOS 13 as well that promises to be pretty exciting once app and web site developers get on board. Sign in with Apple is Apple’s answer to the considerably more intrusive and privacy-invasive Facebook and Google alternatives, not only offering confidential single-sign-on without sharing any unnecessary data with anybody, but also a greatly simplified experience thanks to Face ID and Touch ID.
Although apps and sites that support the new technology are still hard to find, when you encounter one that does, the experience is pretty magical.
Look for the “Sign in with Apple” button, tap it, and then simply authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID and you’re good to go. If you’re setting up a new profile, you might be asked to share some basic information from your Apple ID, such as your name and optionally your e-mail address, but in the latter case Apple is going the extra mile to protect your privacy by letting you use a dynamically-created virtual address that not only can’t be traced back to your actual address, but can be easily discarded at any time if it becomes a target for spammers.
Right now only a handful of developers have announced plans to introduce the feature in the near future, but since Apple will be requiring that any apps that already use Facebook or Google sign-on must also use Sign in with Apple, it’s something that we’ll surely see become more popular in the next few months.