Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone
by snowwrestler on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @10:33PM
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I don't think the TouchID sensor captures or stores actual images of fingerprints in a way that is accessible to applications.
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Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone
by otoburb on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @10:39PM
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On the one hand, that is somewhat reassuring for happy paths. For this particular use-case, that's a bummer.
Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone
by kevincox on Saturday August 06, 2016 @09:43AM
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It would probably be a significant security flaw.
Imagine you press it but for whatever reason it doesn't register. Now your "incorrect" fingerprint is flying over the internet. With a bit of retouching or guessing your original fingerprint can now be recovered.
...not that your fingerprints aren't all over your phone anyways...