I Phone 5 possible conspiracy?

Nope, not only does it not send the fingerprint anywhere(it can't, it's a different technology) German hackers bypassed the feature by using wood glue, a paper grocers sack and some plastic wrap, you find their recipe for that concoction and you won't need your fingerprint. I must varn you, ve Germans are pretty clever, yah!

According to Apple, the prints are only stored on the phone, they are not sent anywhere. But there's really no way for you to be certain; they could be lying, or even if they are telling the truth, there's always a possibility that some app could figure out how to steal them and send them somewhere.

But there's an easy solution - even if you get the iPhone 5S, you don't have to use the fingerprint sensor at all, you can instead keep using the PIN code just like on previous iPhones.

It's inevitably led to those concerned with privacy to start poking at the company's tech, and not in order to test out the smartphone's scanner.

Apple, anticipating conspiracy theories, reiterated today that the iPhone 5S won't actually store users' fingerprint images on the device, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Instead, Touch ID keeps fingerprint data encrypted within its A7 processor. It's locked away on the device itself, not on Apple's servers or iCloud.

Apple says the prints aren't stored anywhere other then the phone. So if you buy that you're good.

In order to obtain a driver's license, you need to give the DMV your right thumb print.

Well yeah... but so does touching things.

probably not