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shawn-butler on Nov 3, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: iOS 8 Touch ID Authentication API

NSUserDefaults are cleared however when app is uninstalled.

Can add an "UninstalledOrFirstRun" NSUserDefault.

Based on whether it exists at launch, you can clear out previous keychain entries.

harshaw on Nov 5, 2014 [–]

right, I ended up implementing something like that. However, it is counterintuitive to the IOS model of app sandboxing.

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