---
id: 2386
title: "Start using the Secure Enclave Crypto API"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2016/06/28/start-using-the-secure-enclave-crypto-api/"
published_at: "2016-06-28T11:50:42Z"
tags: ["open-source", "cryptography", "mobile-security", "authentication", "ios", "apple", "passwordless", "sdk", "secure-enclave", "touch-id"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2386"
lang: en
---

# Start using the Secure Enclave Crypto API

## Summary

Trail of Bits open-sourced Tidas, an SDK built on Apple's undocumented iOS 9 Secure Enclave Crypto API that replaces passwords with Touch ID-protected enclave keys for mobile authentication.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2016-06-28T11:50:42Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2016/06/28/start-using-the-secure-enclave-crypto-api/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2386