[munchler]

This seemed like a bad idea to me from the beginning. Giving personal biometric details to a monster corporation is a nonstarter for both techies and normies.

[llsf]

I agree in theory, but yet I have an iPhone, and Apple is managing my biometrics. I do not have Clear, or TSA preCheck, etc. but still my biometrics are in the US database.

So, in practice, I am not sure if that is truly a non-starter for "normies" and even some "techies". I already gave up on my face biometrics living in US.

[closeparen]

Your biometrics are in the secure enclave of your specific phone. Apple doesn't have them in a database.

[1970-01-01]

They do have ways to access to them, which is the same thing in my book.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/809154/apple-silen...

[closeparen]

I don't think this shows that at all?

[1970-01-01]

How else can you patch an exploit if you don't try it first? The first step in reverse engineering malware is to try the exploit in a controlled environment.

[burnte]

Exactly, this is why it failed. Suddenly in every Whole Foods is an Amazon device saying "give me your hand print!" Uh, no.

[kotaKat]

I call it plausible deniability.

My fingerprints and palmprints have gone through so many biometric studies through multiple colleges and I know they’ve done experiments with copying and making false biometrics from some of their study samples.

What’s not to love?