I must admit I never considered the possibility of companies selling users’ biometric data. However, it’s my understanding that with an iPhone, your biometric data is stored on the device and not on Apple’s servers. Therefore, I wonder how portable that data is and if Apple, in this case, has access to the raw biometric data.
Apple has definitely taken the approach of privacy as a feature. The biometric data used by Apple devices are stored on a specific chip built into the device. In fairness a few other companies do this as well.
Not all biometric authentication is created equal in terms on security and how the data is handled. But it’s all still based on technology and code that is secure until it’s not (in my opinion).
I must admit I never considered the possibility of companies selling users’ biometric data. However, it’s my understanding that with an iPhone, your biometric data is stored on the device and not on Apple’s servers. Therefore, I wonder how portable that data is and if Apple, in this case, has access to the raw biometric data.
Apple has definitely taken the approach of privacy as a feature. The biometric data used by Apple devices are stored on a specific chip built into the device. In fairness a few other companies do this as well.
Not all biometric authentication is created equal in terms on security and how the data is handled. But it’s all still based on technology and code that is secure until it’s not (in my opinion).