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I agree, if everything is stored in the iCloud. But the reason I love Apple's ecosystem is that you don't (yet) need the cloud for anything. TouchID works offl

I agree, if everything is stored in the iCloud. But the reason I love Apple's ecosystem is that you don't (yet) need the cloud for anything. TouchID works offline and even USB contact/calendar sync is coming back. I assume an iWatch would have a Lightning port to charge it, so why not sync it with your Mac running 10.10 at the same time? Is this wishful thinking in 2014?

codyb 13y ago
TouchID was never meant to be stored at the cloud level and is in fact isolated on the hardware side to prevent easy retrieval of the data. From Apple's page on Touch ID Security [1] "Secure Enclave Touch ID doesn't store any images of your fingerprint. It stores only a mathematical representation of your fingerprint. It isn't possible for your actual fingerprint image to be reverse-engineered from this mathematical representation. iPhone 5s also includes a new advanced security architecture called the Secure Enclave within the A7 chip, which was developed to protect passcode and fingerprint data. Fingerprint data is encrypted and protected with a key available only to the Secure Enclave. Fingerprint data is used only by the Secure Enclave to verify that your fingerprint matches the enrolled fingerprint data. The Secure Enclave is walled off from the rest of A7 and the rest of iOS. Therefore, your fingerprint data is never accessed by iOS or other apps, never stored on Apple servers, and never backed up to iCloud or anywhere else. Only Touch ID uses it, and it can't be used to match against other fingerprint databases." [1]http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5949?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5949?viewlocale=en_US&locale=e...
- cones688 13y ago
  Whose premise has been around for years but its called TPM... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module The "secure enclave" is nothing new at all.. its even more annoying they didn't just use the existing standard.

codyb 13y ago

TouchID was never meant to be stored at the cloud level and is in fact isolated on the hardware side to prevent easy retrieval of the data. From Apple's page on Touch ID Security [1] "Secure Enclave Touch ID doesn't store any images of your fingerprint. It stores only a mathematical representation of your fingerprint. It isn't possible for your actual fingerprint image to be reverse-engineered from this mathematical representation. iPhone 5s also includes a new advanced security architecture called the Secure Enclave within the A7 chip, which was developed to protect passcode and fingerprint data. Fingerprint data is encrypted and protected with a key available only to the Secure Enclave. Fingerprint data is used only by the Secure Enclave to verify that your fingerprint matches the enrolled fingerprint data. The Secure Enclave is walled off from the rest of A7 and the rest of iOS. Therefore, your fingerprint data is never accessed by iOS or other apps, never stored on Apple servers, and never backed up to iCloud or anywhere else. Only Touch ID uses it, and it can't be used to match against other fingerprint databases." [1]http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5949?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5949?viewlocale=en_US&locale=e...

cones688 13y ago
Whose premise has been around for years but its called TPM... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module The "secure enclave" is nothing new at all.. its even more annoying they didn't just use the existing standard.