Apple Touch ID FingerPrints
20:14:58 1-17-2015
We like to think that our most personalized passwords will keep us safe, but there’s nothing stopping tons of other people from having the same sentimental attachment to, say, a high school mascot or a certain sequence of numbers. Only you have your fingerprints, though, and that’s what makes Apple’s Touch ID so appealing. There’s only a tiny 1-in-50,000 chance of someone else’s finger cracking the code. Now, recent patents show Apple is considering expanding their finger-scanning security system by storing users’ data in the[sup][sub] Icloud[/sub][/sup].
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we all know what happen with all those pictures celebs take out and upload to apple´s cloud storage, THE FAPPENING!!!
The obvious question is why would anyone want to store their fingerprints online? Part of the point of Touch ID is that the information is encrypted on the iOS device itself where apps and the operating system cant reach it. It’s not on any servers. If hackers can amass a treasure trove of stolen celebrity photos, imagine the kind of creepy shenanigans they could pull off with somebody else’s fingerprints.
According to the patents, however, a feature like this would make Touch ID more convenient for users who feel it is currently too “cumbersome.” Users with multiple iPhones and iPads, along with users who frequently share devices like couples, might want to avoid having to repeat the registration process across devices. With this new system, users would simply validate their Apple ID account, record their fingerprint data, and scan their finger again on a second device so iCloud can “match” it with encrypted data taken from the first device. The multi-step verification would hopefully keep the information out of the wrong hands.
The patent also mentions using NFC or Bluetooth to sync fingerprints across nearby devices. Users could even validate a purchase by scanning their finger on a device with iCloud access. With Apple Pay popping up across retailers everywhere, despite resistance, people are clearly cool with the larger Apple ecosystem using their stored financial data.
So why not their biometric data as well?But as easy as it is to spin this story as one of users eagerly giving up privacy and security for comfort, it’s not like the current disconnected Touch ID is ironclad.
Soon after it launched in late 2013 stories emerged of users beating the system with fake fingerprints and pictures. No one expects tech to be perfect, just trustworthy. People trust Touch ID right now. Hopefully the new ideas in these patents, if they even actually happen, don’t break that trust.
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Faps- 2015
20:14:58 1-17-2015
We like to think that our most personalized passwords will keep us safe, but there’s nothing stopping tons of other people from having the same sentimental attachment to, say, a high school mascot or a certain sequence of numbers. Only you have your fingerprints, though, and that’s what makes Apple’s Touch ID so appealing. There’s only a tiny 1-in-50,000 chance of someone else’s finger cracking the code. Now, recent patents show Apple is considering expanding their finger-scanning security system by storing users’ data in the[sup][sub] Icloud[/sub][/sup].
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we all know what happen with all those pictures celebs take out and upload to apple´s cloud storage, THE FAPPENING!!!
The obvious question is why would anyone want to store their fingerprints online? Part of the point of Touch ID is that the information is encrypted on the iOS device itself where apps and the operating system cant reach it. It’s not on any servers. If hackers can amass a treasure trove of stolen celebrity photos, imagine the kind of creepy shenanigans they could pull off with somebody else’s fingerprints.
According to the patents, however, a feature like this would make Touch ID more convenient for users who feel it is currently too “cumbersome.” Users with multiple iPhones and iPads, along with users who frequently share devices like couples, might want to avoid having to repeat the registration process across devices. With this new system, users would simply validate their Apple ID account, record their fingerprint data, and scan their finger again on a second device so iCloud can “match” it with encrypted data taken from the first device. The multi-step verification would hopefully keep the information out of the wrong hands.
The patent also mentions using NFC or Bluetooth to sync fingerprints across nearby devices. Users could even validate a purchase by scanning their finger on a device with iCloud access. With Apple Pay popping up across retailers everywhere, despite resistance, people are clearly cool with the larger Apple ecosystem using their stored financial data.
So why not their biometric data as well?But as easy as it is to spin this story as one of users eagerly giving up privacy and security for comfort, it’s not like the current disconnected Touch ID is ironclad.
Soon after it launched in late 2013 stories emerged of users beating the system with fake fingerprints and pictures. No one expects tech to be perfect, just trustworthy. People trust Touch ID right now. Hopefully the new ideas in these patents, if they even actually happen, don’t break that trust.
Info Provide by google
All the material posted is for nonprofit use
Faps- 2015