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Bah, it's not like if Apple is storing on US soil your fingerprints or your face for ID.

Oh, wait...

What makes you think Apple stores that information? It probably never leaves your phone.

Yes, I know they stated that when it cames on the iPhone 5 [0]. So they probably not. But they were (and perhaps still are ?) also part of PRISM. So why not be a little paranoid

But I admit my conspiracy theory assumption was written as a statement, sorry about that !

[0] https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2013/09/10Apple-Announces-iPh...

It doesn't leave your phone. Google "secure enclave"...I mean, search for "secure enclave" :)

Instead, a customised anonymised Google unique ID does.

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