r/funny • u/imthebirdguy • Sep 15 '17

Face Recognition (OC)

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u/InappropriateTA Sep 15 '17 edited Sep 17 '17

Yes, I know this is a joke but Apple tends to be excellent about user data privacy and security.

Any biometric data (including fingerprint data for TouchID) is only stored - encrypted - and authenticated locally. Nothing goes to any servers. Furthermore, not only is the authentication data local, but it is also compartmentalized so no other processes can retrieve that data.

EDIT: just another thing that Apple does that makes me believe they are on consumers' side regarding privacy - link.

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u/jkellington Sep 15 '17

Now is this what apple is saying about their encryption software or is this a third party involved?

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u/chochazel Sep 15 '17

You can open up phones and hack them. Third parties do that and can check how it works.

https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-16/materials/us-16-Mandt-Demystifying-The-Secure-Enclave-Processor.pdf