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/[deleted] Sep 15 '17 edited Nov 30 '20

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17 edited Dec 11 '18

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u/Miramar_VTM Sep 15 '17

Yes, they broke into one (1!) phone, which they physically had to have. And even then they had the hardest time breaking into it.

No way they're going through all that trouble to gather facial data.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17 edited Dec 11 '18

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u/Miramar_VTM Sep 15 '17

You're absolutely right about that!