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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 10 Sep 2013

    The iPhone 5S truly is the most beautiful fingerprint collection device the NSA has ever made.

    2:08 PM - 10 Sep 2013
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      2. Alyssa‏ @qyliss 10 Sep 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I highly doubt the fingerprint will leave the phone.

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      3. Doney den Ouden‏ @doney 10 Sep 2013
        Replying to @qyliss

        @PenmanRoss @aral It won't, they hammered on that.

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      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 10 Sep 2013
        Replying to @doney

        @Dexwell_ @PenmanRoss Yep. Uhuh. Totally believe ’em. Not like they don’t secretly work with the NSA normally. My bad :)

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      5. Sam Hutchings‏ @Smutchings 10 Sep 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @Dexwell_ @PenmanRoss been to the US? You gave your fingerprint up long ago. And that wasn’t kept securely on the device used to scan

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      1. clang -y -a -t -u -s -a -B. -E -s -‏ @NeoNacho 10 Sep 2013
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        @aral They got your fingerprints already, no Apple needed.

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      1. Simeon Bateman‏ @simBateman 10 Sep 2013
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        @aral Believe them or not but they say they don't keep the prints :) http://live.theverge.com/apple-iphone-5s-liveblog/#/entry/47113/355000 …

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      1. Jeff Porter‏ @Wordius 10 Sep 2013
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        @aral Data. Data. Data. 12x to US w/ wife. Last time she went alone. “Where’s your husband?”

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      1. Blaze (Balázs Galambosi)‏ @gblazex 11 Sep 2013
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        @aral th 1st telephone to be invented so they can monitor conversations. Technology comes first, different ways of (mis)using it comes later

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      1. Blaze (Balázs Galambosi)‏ @gblazex 11 Sep 2013
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        @aral The problem isn't fingerprint scanning, it's the way your data may be handled. I doubt the NSA wanted it, just like the gov didnt want

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      1. Blaze (Balázs Galambosi)‏ @gblazex 11 Sep 2013
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        @aral it's a great technology. Can it be misused? Yes, just like everything else. It's the first phone to make it work probably the right wy

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      1. Craig Grannell‏ @CraigGrannell 10 Sep 2013
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        @aral Data saved to A7 chip and not sent to servers. If anyone finds otherwise, resulting lawsuit/PR damage would be astronomical.

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      1. barcodex‏ @barcodex 10 Sep 2013
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        “@aral: The iPhone 5S truly is the most beautiful fingerprint collection device the NSA has ever made.”

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      1. Ben‏ @bhoptee 10 Sep 2013
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        @aral but who knows what that actually means ;)

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      1. Ben‏ @bhoptee 10 Sep 2013
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        @aral indeed. I have a little faith in the fact that Fingerprint data is not stored on the phone as such, it’s stored on the A7 chip.

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      1. ghibby!‏ @CaffeineAndHate 10 Sep 2013
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        @aral And I thought Google and Apple weren't getting along these days...

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      1. Jason Jones‏ @Twoback_84 10 Sep 2013
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        😂😂 RT: “@aral: The iPhone 5S truly is the most beautiful fingerprint collection device the NSA has ever made.”

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      1. Aegir  🇪🇺‏ @aegirthor 10 Sep 2013
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        @aral Although Apple seem pretty clear the data will never leave the scanner hardware itself, and isn’t available to software. Lies?

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      1. Sam Hutchings‏ @Smutchings 10 Sep 2013
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        @aral and the most useless, as the fingerprint is held in the A7, not accessible by iOS

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