“Anonymous have some big claims concerning Apple Touch ID system, claiming a connection between the technology and the US defense industry to claim it’s just another step forward for state surveillance,” Jonny Evans writes for Computerworld.
“It’s possible these claims should be taken with a pinch of salt — after all, Anonymous are, by their nature, unknown, and this enables the group to make claims of this nature,” Evans writes. “In brief, the claims the group make concerning Touch ID seem to focus on Authentec director, Robert E Grady, who appears to have been a prominent figure within the George Bush administration and (Anonymous claim) was connected with The Carlyle Group, which Anonymous also claim is a majority shareholder in Booz Allen Hamilton, the NSA contractor with which whistleblower Edward Snowden worked.”
Evans writes, “That claim seems to fly against Apple’s stated promise that the fingerprints used by Touch ID are not stored in the cloud, but instead held inside a secure area hosted on the device. If these claims were correct then the implication would be that the secure area on the device is not that secure. What makes these claims so powerful is the atmosphere of mistrust that has sprung up regarding US government surveillance following the Edward Snowden revelations.”
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