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To: Citizen Zed
Are the finger prints stored in the cloud? How would you know?

No, fingerprint data never leaves the iPhone. . . and is stored on the iPhone as an encrypted hash.

48 posted on 09/01/2014 4:12:33 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Swordmaker
"No, fingerprint data never leaves the iPhone. . . and is stored on the iPhone as an encrypted hash."

How do you restore a lost iPhone if you also lose your encrypted hash?
54 posted on 09/01/2014 5:05:02 PM PDT by Citizen Zed ("Freedom costs a buck o five" - Gary Johnston, TAWP)
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