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I was wondering how apps use Touch ID or Face ID to verify identity without storing the biometric data into their servers.
Authentication without Touch/Face ID (oversimplifying here)
After user allows the app to use their Touch/Face ID...
Authentication with Touch/Face ID
... what happens here? What is sent to the server to be verified?
I read that Biometric data is stored in a secure chip on the phone and this is not stored on any server.
For iOS, apart from the package for Touch/Face ID, we also need to work with keychain access. Why? What's stored here?
Thank you.
The typical flow is:
First login:
On subsequent logins: