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ggm 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: FBI stymied by Apple's Lockdown Mode after seizing...

If she'd held her finger on the reader long enough wouldn't it have force powered down the mac? (from the article, they held her finger on the reader. Unlike the phone, this did unlock the mac)

throwawaymobule 4 months ago [–]

I think touching it to read a fingerprint doesn't count as pressing the button, which requires pressure.

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