That has nothing to do with it. I wish people were more concerned with such things but most aren't. It's only because Mavericks is not out yet.
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Why do you assume they aren't?
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That has nothing to do with it. I wish people were more concerned with such things but most aren't. It's only because Mavericks is not out yet.
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Why do you assume they aren't?
The "breach" was nothing. They caught it in time to shut everything down and all that was lost was a few developer names and e-mail addresses.
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There is in fact an api for Touch ID iOS. Correction, it may not be on the developer site yet but it exists and I can see it in another Apple program that is invitation only. Apple may not want to say anything just yet but I bet my next paycheck there will be 3rd party integration. The question is when.
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They'll save it for the iPhone 5ss.
I predict that the new iPhone 5ss will be pink with lime green polka dots, and due to this ground breaking advancement, keychain will only be available on the 5ss.
It'll be announced shortly for a Thanksgiving launch, and Pavlovian conditioning will result in several people drowning in the saliva on Apple's campus.
Can I call myself an analyst now?
I predict that the new iPhone 5ss will be pink with lime green polka dots, and due to this ground breaking advancement, keychain will only be available on the 5ss.
It'll be announced shortly for a Thanksgiving launch, and Pavlovian conditioning will result in several people drowning in the saliva on Apple's campus.
Can I call myself an analyst now?
You don't get it. The original post(er) was commenting on the "market". To be more specific, s/he was commenting on his perception (using your word) of what the "market" wants. He asserted that the "market isn't calling out for a cheap iPhone, just a mid-tier...." He had another post where he posted his "perception" that "Apple is being destroyed in the stock market today due to no mid-range iPhone to gain a bigger foothold in the Chinese market." I merely pointed out that others disagree with his perception of what the market wants.
Others also disagree as to why Apple is being "destroyed" in the "stock market" today.
UBS stated they "were surprised by the high price of the 5C..." They are concerned over "lack of competitiveness." A "perception" of what the "market" wants.
Credit Suisse commented that "the biggest surprise" was the 5C being positioned as a "midrange phone" and that it won't help "in addressing lower price points in emerging markets."
Again, I was pointing out that there are other "perceptions" of what the "market" wants.
Alternatively, just read the first sentence of the article:
That makes zero sense.
I had to laugh reading this..Apple is hardly being destroyed in the stock market. Anyone who has followed Apple at all knows this always happens when new products are released. Don't count out third party integration yet.
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To use on your iPhone and iPad.
They specifically said in the keynote that Touch ID is purely local, and will not be integrated into iCloud/3rd party programs.
1Password
I agree. Being Canadian in Canada and regularly have correspondence with my parents in the USA I royally dislike the fact that because I'm a non-US resident that I become a defacto target.
Fortunately, 1Password developed by AgileBits is a Canadian company and thus not a target for the Patriot Act. So I am feeling a lot safer storing my information there. Version 4 is coming soon!
As for email, I would recommend GPGtools.org and start encrypting your emails!
I agree. Being Canadian in Canada and regularly have correspondence with my parents in the USA I royally dislike the fact that because I'm a non-US resident that I become a defacto target.
Fortunately, 1Password developed by AgileBits is a Canadian company and thus not a target for the Patriot Act. So I am feeling a lot safer storing my information there. Version 4 is coming soon!
As for email, I would recommend GPGtools.org and start encrypting your emails!
This are six ASCII characters (7 bit per character).
7 Bits x 6 = 42 Bits
Not much. 256 bits is the absolute minimum, if we talk about cryptographic secrets (hash values, either via SHA-2 or via SHA-3) for authentication functions.
Yes, you're right and I'm right at the same time.
The fingerprint 'password' is stored locally and not sent outside your device. That's true. It simply means that iCloud or 3rd party apps can't look at your fingerprint data.
The keychain CAN, however, call an iOS API function which is something like 'isFingerprintVerify' which will ask the OS to ask for your fingerprint, verify, then return true or false if the fingerprint is valid.
At that point, the code will know that a secure user is using the app (if TRUE is returned) and will let the user in. The app never has access to fingerprint data, but is using it for validation.
It's a little more complicated than this, but this is the general idea.
We do not speak about fingerprints, we speak about the result after the scan.
The fingerprint sensors scan the finger with a limited resolution. Apple extracts data from these sensors and stores the data in the A7 chip. That means the available entropy is limited.
Yeah me too. Surely they are going to roll our fingerprint scanning for every password you ever need on your iOS device. Would be a real, day to day game changer. Furthermore, would not be surprised to see Mavericks update that would allow touch ID integration, with fingerprint scanners embedded in keyboards/ trackpads (Mac or third party).
Another feature that would work well with Touch ID is multiple user profiles, like in Android. eg. your kids could pop their finger on the scanner, and their apps and games would all appear and your email wouldn't... This has to be coming in iOS8
It is not limited to 13-bit number (8,192 unique values). Modern sensors (like Authentec's) are capable of storing 12-15 ASCI characters worth of unique fingerprint data. That's stronger than majority of the passwords used today, even long/random ones generates by the likes of 1Password.
But I want it D:
Probably waiting for the whole NSA fear to cool down before releasing it to avoid bad PR.
Probably waiting for the whole NSA fear to cool down before releasing it to avoid bad PR.
This disappointed me, hope it makes it's official launch with 10.9. I miss Keychain, Dock, System Preferences syncing along with a file sharing option (iDisk was slow but allowed for web hosting and syncing data bet Mac's).
Hoping iCloud services will include full document/file sharing akin to "Dropbox" and the full return of Keychain syncing when 10.9 is release.
Hoping iCloud services will include full document/file sharing akin to "Dropbox" and the full return of Keychain syncing when 10.9 is release.
That's not the only downfall, it also only works with Safari, when using any other browser then it will not work. That's why I'll keep using 1Password from agile bits because it works on all browsers en multi platform on PC as well. Besides that advantage it also enables you to actually 'see' what password you use for each specific website and you can change them on the fly. I also like the fact that I can save up serial numbers for several software packages I've bought and other addition information all in one place.
It syncs all information, also encrypted, and works on all my devices as well.
The problem with Apple's keychain is that it's limited for use with safari only, a huge disadvantage.
There may not be any reference in the settings but when I just logged into a website, I was asked if I wanted to store the info in my iCloud Keychain. I am running the GM.
Once your iDevice is stolen or breaks - it might also be handy to be able to access those passwords on your new iDevice
So you have moved from it being as secure as a 3 digit pin number, ie 1 in 1000 chance of guessing, to a 6 digit alphanumeric case sensitive password (1 in 689869781056) chance.
To talk about comparing the security to 256 bit encryption is irrelevant, this is something you have to enter every time you unlock your phone! Is a viable alternative using a 256 bit password?