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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
Maybe authentication looks only for specific markers, but what is stored on the iPhone is an encoded scan of the fingerprint.
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No, as the scanner never reads the entire fingerprint, it only encodes specific markers, not the entire print. (Just to be sure that it is clear - We might be nitpicking here!
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In any case, it would still require NSA to obtain the proprietary software from Apple, in order to decode the information. I assume they would have a much harder time doing that, compared to just obtaining the fingerprint data itself.