News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Apple’s iPhone 5s And iPhone 5c Sell 9M Units Over Opening Weekend. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s iPhone 5s And iPhone 5c Sell 9M Units Over Openin... by geuis on Monday September 23, 2013 @09:35AM (#6430720)
No, it can't. Why people don't listen to the damn talks given by the people who build these things is beyond me.

It was explicitly said during the announcement that no fingerprint is actually stored. It looks for certain unique ridges and swirls and builds up a hash from that. That hash is the only thing communicated to Apple. No fingerprint data is transfered.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple’s iPhone 5s And iPhone 5c Sell 9M Units Over Openin... by Geee on Monday September 23, 2013 @11:11AM (#6431479)
You're wrong. Nothing is communicated to Apple, ever. Fingerprint data stays in the secure memory on the A7 and the scanner is the only thing that has access to it. The system is completely closed to the device which contains the TouchID sensor. For example, you can't use your fingerprint to activate a new device.
[ Parent | on HN ]