Well, you can always not enroll in FaceID and TouchID and use a passcode.

I take it you don't use Apple products, because there are a bunch of 3rd-party apps out there that use the Face-ID or Touch-ID all the time. For instance the password manager 1Password uses biometrics to get into the app, if you choose.

I use an iPhone but I don't have FaceID or TouchID set up.

"That's all going to the government! I ain't gonna use that!"

ok...

Man, I'm seeing such disingenuous takes from you all over this thread.

From "just get an android" in response to someone complaining about having to pay $100/yr to publish a FOSS app on the App Store to "I take it you don't use apple products" or "That's all going to the government! I ain't gonna use that!" when someone only mentioned not setting up Touch ID or Face ID.

Maybe read, think, and then don't reply with snark.

While I do agree with this change, this restriction also clearly serves to further entrench Apple to be the gatekeeper over users. They can fingerprint you, they can serve ads to you, but oh anyone else no no no, that's evil and against your privacy™

Maybe read, think, and then don't reply to my remarks. While Apple can serve ads to you, it's what they do with that data that matters. No matter what we do, if we want to have any presence online, meta-data is going to be collected. But that doesn't mean we should just throw up our hands and go "welp, everyone is doing it, so what does it matter". It matters. While I don't trust anything totally, at this point in time, in 2023, I would trust Apple more than Google or Facebook in how it handles that meta-data. They aren't in the business of selling it.

That could change at the drop of a hat and a change in their TOS though, so it's best to be ever vigilant.

> Trust us.

While you should never trust any corporation in the sense that you might trust a person, you can trust that they will do the things that they believe will make them the most money.

What financial incentive do you believe that apple has to steal your fingerprints?

Biometric data is stored locally and never shared with Apple. Hell, it's not even shared with the operating system.

Read up on things before you shit on them or you'll look like an idiot.