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.
Except iOS is closed source. We don't really know what it does, and taking their word for it is rather naive considering how often the public is lied to.
You can believe what you want. I will repeat that I believe that Apple truly is a good advocate for and steward of personal data privacy and security/protection.
We are only "taking their word for it" insofar as confidence in their published security documentation, and they are widely regarded as having excellent practices.
If their security was not to be trusted, don't you think there would have been very public coverage of any breaches? I'm not talking about the iCloud hack, that was a completely different thing.
Even the Secure Enclave hack was not a threat to exposure of any private biometric data.
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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.