Do Apple and 3rd party developers gather our fingerprints as well?

[hajime]

Hello, I love the Touch ID feature of the new iPhone 6s+. Besides credit card info, do Apple and possibly 3rd party developers also gather our fingerprints as well?

 

[DeltaMac]

No

From Apple's security article about Touch ID

Touch ID doesn't store any images of your fingerprint. It stores only a mathematical representation of your fingerprint. It isn't possible for someone to reverse engineer your actual fingerprint image from this mathematical representation. The chip in your device also includes an advanced security architecture called the Secure Enclave which was developed to protect passcode and fingerprint data. Fingerprint data is encrypted and protected with a key available only to the Secure Enclave. Fingerprint data is used only by the Secure Enclave to verify that your fingerprint matches the enrolled fingerprint data. The Secure Enclave is walled off from the rest of the chip and the rest of iOS. Therefore, iOS and other apps never access your fingerprint data, it's never stored on Apple servers, and it's never backed up to iCloud or anywhere else. Only Touch ID uses it, and it can't be used to match against other fingerprint databases.

I think the bold part would be most relevant to your question.

 

[Tech198]

Hello, I love the Touch ID feature of the new iPhone 6s+. Besides credit card info, do Apple and possibly 3rd party developers also gather our fingerprints as well?

if they did, then its time to panic...

Apple doesn't allow Touch ID to be sent from the phone... its all done local on the device. No fingerprints are stored. however even a mathematical representation is just a clever way of saying "While its not directly access, it can be used to provide." and if that makes u feel safer, then ok..

It's all still done local though. and until someone can prove otherwise info is sent out, I'll keep using it