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Re:Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of You... by xenophonf on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @04:01PM (#15810803)
> Apple doesn’t backup TouchID or FaceID data to the cloud

We only have Apple's word to go by.

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Re:Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of You... by crankylinuxuser on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @04:26PM (#15811013)
No, we don't.

https://hackaday.com/2017/08/18/apples-secure-enclave-proces...

Yeah it may be a binary dump, but it's now decrypted and understandable.

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Re:Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of You... by contingencies on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @05:03PM (#15811301)
Serious question: can its firmware be upgraded through future device updates?
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Re:Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of You... by exikyut on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @06:28PM (#15811882)
I THINK so.

https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Bootchain

https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Bootrom

https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/25C3_presentation_%22Hack... (^F "The first piece" [of code])

https://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse571-14/ftp/ios_security/i...

The only part that is fundamentally read-only is the bootrom/SecureROM.

...Which is why https://ramtin-amin.fr/#nvmepcie and https://ramtin-amin.fr/#nvmedma are among my favorite articles ever. (iPhone 6, but still.)

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Re:Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of You... by saagarjha on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @04:08PM (#15810865)
Well, that and the word of numerous security researchers whose job it is to make sure that Apple is true to their word.
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