Infrared Lights Always Flashing + Face ID

I don't see any change to the response I provided. If other posts were removed, it would have been by forum hosts and likely means there was a violation of the terms of use for this forum.

I'm not sure what the point of this article from 4 years ago is?

In VERY rare cases humans can see IR light. Most people cannot, including me. The IR camera is always on, but doesn't use much power. It's possible you're one of the extremely few people who can see IR light directly. Cameras can and do photograph IR light, which is why it's not surprising the photo shows it.

Nobody here has said you’re crazy nor cast any disparaging remarks your way at all. I don’t understand why you’re so incredibly defensive, to the point of being rude yourself?

But if you’re seeing these things with both FaceID and non-FaceID devices (you mentioned an iPad mini - non-FaceID capable iOS devices have no IR projection LEDs at all) then that is indeed rare and not normal - with the definition of normal merely being what the vast majority of users experience.

And yes, I do want the IR LEDs active as I use FaceID many times throughout the day. Having them on doesn’t bother me in the least and I am not even aware they are on.

And my point about views versus posts is that those 100 others who viewed this thread so no reason to post, not even to chime in with a “me too” response to your original post. That implies to me that they are not experiencing your issue so felt they had nothing to contribute.