--- title: Apple's Face ID is No Match for Arya Stark description: People responded to Apple's new Face identification technology with the funniest Game of Thrones Arya Stark memes. canonical: https://time.com/4938642/apple-iphone-game-of-thrones-memes/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-12T21:14:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:12.338Z og:title: The Internet Reminds Apple 'Face ID' Can't Stop Arya Stark og:description: Apple challenged a Game of Thrones assassin and the internet took it from there og:url: https://time.com/4938642/apple-iphone-game-of-thrones-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d4d066c0f386cdf/6988d5e9096a94ee7e69ec9f/arya-stark-premiere.jpeg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Game-of-Thrones-S7-E1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Reminds Apple 'Face ID' Can't Stop Arya Stark twitter:description: Apple challenged a Game of Thrones assassin and the internet took it from there twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d4d066c0f386cdf/6988d5e9096a94ee7e69ec9f/arya-stark-premiere.jpeg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Fans Can't Stop Using Arya Stark to Hilariously Troll Apple by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Sep 12, 2017 9:14 PM UTC  Helen Sloan—HBO by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Sep 12, 2017 9:14 PM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for _Game of Thrones_ A new feature announced with the iPhone X, the special model marking the phone’s 10th anniversary, was the [facial recognition feature.](http://time.com/4938362/iphone-x-evil-twin-memes/) Instead of using your fingerprint to unlock your phone, launch Apple Pay or open certain apps, the iPhone X, which doesn’t have a home button at all, uses facial recognition. During [Apple’s keynote Tuesday](http://time.com/4938342/apple-iphone-steve-jobs-theater-360-video/), the new security feature was touted as extremely advanced. Apple speakers explained that the chances of someone else unlocking your phone with Face ID is one in 1 million. This prompted the internet to respond with memes of [Arya Stark from _Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4860687/game-of-thrones-arya-stark-faceless/), who has the ability to [take the faces of people she’s killed](http://time.com/4854028/game-of-thrones-season-7-questions-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen/item/how-does-face-changing-work/). Since she can take complete form of them, including mimicking their voices, people noted that the facial recognition technology would probably do little to stop her. Thankfully, it’s doubtful any iPhone buyers will have to worry about Arya Stark trying to break into their phones. > [](https://twitter.com/SuperSaf/status/907672919551217664) > [](https://twitter.com/MileyMildrew/status/907677558203920384) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FMsBHaven/status/907673138959405056) > [](https://twitter.com/TheUwaniAliyu/status/907686173753180160) > [](https://twitter.com/rhtkth/status/907675685539508224) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4938642/apple-iphone-game-of-thrones-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4938642/apple-iphone-game-of-thrones-memes/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Fans Can't Stop Using Arya Stark to Hilariously Troll Apple","datePublished":"2017-09-12T21:14:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:12.338Z","description":"Apple says it's a 1 in 1 million chance someone can open your phone with Face ID","url":"https://time.com/4938642/apple-iphone-game-of-thrones-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Apple","Smartphones","iPhone","onetime","iPhone 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d4d066c0f386cdf/6988d5e9096a94ee7e69ec9f/arya-stark-premiere.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d4d066c0f386cdf/6988d5e9096a94ee7e69ec9f/arya-stark-premiere.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Game-of-Thrones-S7-E1","caption":"","creditText":"Helen Sloan—HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4938642/apple-iphone-game-of-thrones-memes/","name":"Game of Thrones Fans Can't Stop Using Arya Stark to Hilariously Troll Apple"}}]}] ```