Anonymous Claim Apple's Touch ID Is Linked To US Surveillance

Anonymous have some big claims concerning Apple [AAPL] Touch ID system, claiming a connection between the technology and the US defense industry to claim it's just another step forward for state surveillance.

True or false?

It's possible these claims should be taken with a pinch of salt -- after all, Anonymous are, by their nature, unknown, and this enables the group to make claims of this nature.

In brief, the claims the group make concerning Touch ID seem to focus on Authentec director, Robert E Grady, who appears to have been a prominent figure within the George Bush administration and (Anonymous claim) was connected with The Carlyle Group, which Anonymous also claim is a majority shareholder in Booz Allen Hamilton, the NSA contractor with which whistleblower Edward Snowden worked.