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How much weight does the claim that the Touch ID not being stored on Apple's servers really matter? They claim it is stored on the A7 chip itself. Is that secu
by marcamillion 13y ago
How much weight does the claim that the Touch ID not being stored on Apple's servers really matter?
They claim it is stored on the A7 chip itself. Is that secure enough for us to believe that the NSA can't get access to it?
I am genuinely asking about the security implications.
If all the fingerprints were on iCloud, then all the Feds have to do is force Apple to give them access to their servers.
Having the fingerprint pushed down to each individual device, that seems to be more secure.
But am I just being naive or is that truly more secure?
- Zoepfli 13y agoIMHO, Apple's claim doesn't matter at all. If the NSA wants to get inside your iPhone and add some code, it will find some way to do so - either with the help of Apple, through a backdoor or a recent vulnerability. And once it's inside, the NSA is free to install a code snippet that uploads your fingerprint directly to their server.