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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
This is where these comments kind of go off the rails. Apple developed this - as they said at their keynote - because more than 50% of their users weren't using the passcode. For those users, the fingerprint sensor is clearly better than nothing.
Using the fingerprint sensor is also completely optional, and if you do choose to use it, you don't have to use it as a password for iTunes or the App Store.
And, again, everyone is free to continue using the passcode.
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Is one free to be certain that the machine _never_ makes a scan of one's finger?
Is there a physical switch to disable the fingerprint scan?
Is there a hard-wired indication that the scan is being made?
What sort of guaranty does one have that the encrypted description of the recognized digit is inaccessible if the iPhone's security is compromised?