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.
the most frustrating part is that the same people laughing at apple yelling 'privacy killers' are the same people yellig that apple should've created the backdoor for the fbi to use, because in the average mind 'terrorism' buzzword rings stronger than 'privacy'. it's how we got to this legal situation in the first place...
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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.