▁locally ▁in ▁a ▁secure ▁enc lave ▁on ▁the ▁Apple ▁A 7 ▁and ▁later ▁ch ips , ▁not ▁in ▁the ▁cloud , ▁a ▁design ▁choice ▁intended ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁impossible ▁for ▁users ▁to ▁extern ally ▁access ▁the ▁finger print ▁information . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Apple ▁acquired ▁Auth en T ec , ▁a ▁company ▁focused ▁on ▁finger print ▁reading ▁and ▁identification ▁management ▁software , ▁for ▁$ 3 5 6 ▁million . ▁The ▁ac quisition ▁led ▁comment ators ▁to ▁expect ▁a ▁finger print ▁reading ▁feature . ▁Following ▁le aks ▁and ▁spec ulation ▁in ▁early ▁September , ▁the ▁iPhone ▁ 5 S ▁was ▁un ve iled ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁phone ▁on ▁a ▁major ▁US ▁car rier ▁to ▁feature ▁the ▁technology . ▁Apple ' s ▁Vice ▁President ▁of ▁Mark eting , ▁Phil ▁Sch iller , ▁announced ▁the ▁feature ▁at ▁Apple ' s ▁iPhone ▁media ▁event ▁and ▁spent ▁several ▁minutes ▁( the ▁major ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁conference ) ▁discuss ing ▁the ▁feature . ▁ ▁Well s ▁F argo ▁anal yst ▁May n ard ▁Um ▁predicted ▁on ▁September ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁that ▁a ▁finger print ▁sensor ▁in ▁the ▁iPhone ▁ 5 S ▁would ▁help ▁mobile ▁commerce ▁and ▁boost ▁ad option ▁in ▁the ▁corpor ate ▁environment . ▁" As ▁consum ers ▁increasing ly ▁rely ▁on ▁mobile ▁devices ▁to ▁trans act ▁and ▁store ▁personal ▁data , ▁a ▁reliable ▁device - side ▁authentication ▁solution ▁may ▁become ▁a