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by aes 4658 days ago
They don't even say fingerprints are not uploaded:

According to the press release, "fingerprint information [...] is never stored on Apple servers or backed up to iCloud." But nowhere do they claim it doesn't ever leave the phone. It looks like this leaves Apple the option to upload the data to "trusted partners".

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2013/09/10Apple-Announces-iP...