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[–] newtraditionalists@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Do we really wanna be giving our fingerprints to tech companies anyway?

[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Unbeelievable@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Is that the way its usually done on phones too?

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago
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