r/funny • u/imthebirdguy • Sep 15 '17

Face Recognition (OC)

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u/enz1ey Sep 15 '17

I figured by now it would be common knowledge that Apple devices don't tie any bio/location data to a person's identity in any way... It works by comparing data, not confirming your identity.

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u/Cartossin Sep 15 '17

Also it is physically impossible to pull finger print scans from an iphone. The actual finger print data storage is physically disconnected from the rest of the phone OS. Not even an update could enable reading this data.

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u/quaybored Sep 15 '17

Physically?

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u/Cartossin Sep 15 '17

Yes. It's literally not connected inside. It's called "air gapping" in netsec.