Devices with fingerprint recognition....
Discussion
Apple are very keen to promote this technology and initially I thought what a good idea. Then I had another thought:- does this mean they can secretly collelect all of your fingerprints over a period of time when you use the phone in different ways?
Does anyone else find this a little concerning? I know I'm being rather sceptical but we all are all now very aware of what google (to mention just one big company) knows about us - and if they know then so do hackers who want to perform ID theft.
Is it a risk? What would the info be useful for other than to collect a Big Brother style profile on all participants?
Does anyone else find this a little concerning? I know I'm being rather sceptical but we all are all now very aware of what google (to mention just one big company) knows about us - and if they know then so do hackers who want to perform ID theft.
Is it a risk? What would the info be useful for other than to collect a Big Brother style profile on all participants?
Or is that what they 'allow' us to believe to make us feel comfortable using their technology???
Don't forget the police and secret service can now monitor every key stroke we type on pretty much all digital online media!
Edited to add :- government funded / empowered methods of data collection?
Not saying I believe this is happening but my points are more towards 'can it be done?'
Don't forget the police and secret service can now monitor every key stroke we type on pretty much all digital online media!
Edited to add :- government funded / empowered methods of data collection?
Not saying I believe this is happening but my points are more towards 'can it be done?'
Edited by W12GT on Wednesday 9th September 21:05
robsa said:
It does not store your fingerprint anywhere other than directly onto the chip in your phone. Apple do NOT keep records of your fingerprint.
Perhaps.But I am sure "they" (not just apple) told us no-one stored our internet searches, nor a lot of other information which it might be said means they were not being 100% truthful. Nor indeed that TVs and Consoles store (and listen for) keywords.......
Assuming that the above is true of course...
David87 said:
Of course Apple don't collect and store fingerprint data... imagine the lawsuits if they were ever found out. 
When I were a lad I was always told it is easier to get information from a friend than a foe. So hugely successful company gets willing participants to become addicted to newer and better technology that benefits all.......high probability of darker undertones are possible. The huge steps forward in technology work both for and against governments.Will we ever know? Possibly not in our lifetime; that said there are things I was told by old acquaintances of my family that 30years ago seemed unbelievable yet today those very same things are now very much in the public arena....
If you don't trust Apple not to be doing "evil things" with your biometric data you shouldn't be using anything from Apple because they could just as easily be keylogging credentials and stealing those - so in short I wouldn't have any concerns on whether you can trust Apple's intentions but whether you can trust their coders and their security is a slightly different question.
I'm not a fan of biometric data.
Stuff gets hacked and stolen all the time.
If it's my password I can change that. I can't do that with my biometric data (easily).
I'm not a fan of biometric data.
Stuff gets hacked and stolen all the time.
If it's my password I can change that. I can't do that with my biometric data (easily).
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