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minus-squarenottheengineer@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThe reader doesn’t store the fingerprint, just an embedding that lets it verfiy whether or not your finger matches. And that’s stored in the secure enclave, so the OS can’t read it.
minus-squareUnbeelievable@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI that the way its usually done on phones too?
The reader doesn’t store the fingerprint, just an embedding that lets it verfiy whether or not your finger matches.
And that’s stored in the secure enclave, so the OS can’t read it.
I that the way its usually done on phones too?
Correct.