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Xaotiq wrote: The likelihood of common criminals doing this anytime soon is near nil.
See, I think that very lack of evidence that hackers are exploiting fingerprint scans demonstrates that they are indeed not being sent to the CIA/NSA/IRS, etc. Because, you know, zero day.
Moe's Hypothesis: "If hackers have not exploited a particular set of data, that data has not been collected or used in any meaningful way."
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What a great idea!..but probably not. On a related note, I've just looked up an IP that was trying to hack my FTP server last night and it resolves back to northern Virginia! Hmmm.... 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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You are not paranoid if it is true...
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What you should be really paranoid about is what information is being sent back to the maker of your cellphone and your data provider.
It's already been shown they're tracking users and collecting the data.
At least NSA/CIA (for the present, at least) don't consider everything about you a marketable commodity. They actually like to keep that stuff to themselves.
And if whatever it is was made in china - well, you know what they say "Abandon ye all hope who enter".
So - much as you were about spy agencies, I think your paranoid episodes should be spent worrying about big businesses.
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What finger are you sending to the NSA?
Just curious... 
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If they haven't already thought of doing it, you've just given them the idea.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Your government would never lie to you!
Sincerely,
Your government
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Just cause you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you.
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I'm not sure why I would care.
Someone else having an image of my fingerprint doesn't open my bank account. Doesn't authorize my credit card.
I can't think of anything for which my fingerprint image is used.
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As opposed to what "they" already know (or could find out) about you from your financial transactions, online presence (facebook, linkedin, twitter, CP postings... etc.), phone records, texts, tax returns, voter registration records, school transcripts, ad infinitum.
I ask you, what further erosion of privacy could having your fingerprint (or iris scan, or hand geometry, or palm print, or voice pattern, or face image) possibly amount to?
Cheers,
Mike Fidler
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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Fingerprint scanners on phones and keyboards don't take very good fingerprints. they are good enough to distinguish between the phone owner and a random sample most of the time. That's all they have to do.
If the NSA wants your prints, they just send the FBI (because NSA doesn't have field offices within the United States) to break into your home or car or office without a warrant and take 'em. Warrants are for wimps. They can always fake up probable cause later to get new prints for the forensic record.
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Better question.... Why would Apple/Google/Microsoft engage in an activity that, if discovered, would severely damage their credibility, lead to multi-million dollar lawsuits, and possibly result in some executives going to jail --- all for the benefit of some third-party organization? How would they keep the 100s is developers/QA testers/executives quiet about an obviously illegal activity? How would they keep the transmission of the data secret for the hackers and security pros carefully monitoring every package transmitted, looking for flaws?
Truth,
James
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Even better:
Hackers have already learned how to harvest your fingerprint from your cell phone or tablet if it has fingerprint recognition installed. even if you don't use it.
If someone steal your password you can get another. But you can't get new fingerprints.
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BS. That Chaos Club so-called "hack" is in practical terms nonsense. Because it's completely impractical to perform the "hack" for a random person. The "hack" required physical access to the phone itself.
You leave your fingerprints EVERYWHERE. I don't need to steal them off your phone if I REALLY REALLY want them. Like off the glass of your phone, for example.
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wow. thanks for the kindly curse words
one notes how often its possible to access other devices on your android without physical acccess. Matter of time.
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No. I work in the fingerprint sensor industry. I'm not aware of any such program. It would undermine people's faith in the integrity of the system. Plus data is usually encrypted when stored or transmitted anyways.
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Of course.... they also send them to the Illuminati, the Priori of Sion (formed by those darn Elders), the Super Saiyan and to a special account of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
This all happens in real time. No wonder it takes so much time to actually log in using Touch Id.
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They don't need to send data to the NSA, the NSA can simply hack their servers and steal it.
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Does Sin(dy) / Cos(dy) equal Tandy?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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For that one you should put your head in a hypotenuse.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: What's your angle?
Obtuse. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Now you're just being acute.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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That's right!
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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That's nice to see someone that's complimentary.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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