Instantly disable Touch ID and lock your Mac with one click or keyboard shortcut

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Instantly disable Touch ID and lock your Mac with one click or keyboard shortcut.

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Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock

I wrote this after the case of a Washington Post reporter, Hannah Natanson, was compelled to unlock her computer with her fingerprint. This resulted in access to her Desktop Signal on her computer, revealing sources and their conversations.

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202 points — 92 comments — seanieb — 4:38 PM - 17 Apr 2026