This excellent privacy/security feature has beenavailable on MacBooksfor a while.
This is just the latest in a long line of excellent hardware security features from Apple.
This security feature is now available in iPad models from 2020.
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Developers can, however, choose to override the audiooutputcutoff.
Developers can choose to keep it playing instead.
That makes sense for music apps, for instance, but maybe not for movie apps.
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Now, even our Macs are hardened against physical attack.
Apple has implemented several neat hardware features over the years.
For instance, the AES hardware engine.
This is used to encrypt and decrypt data on the fly, without slowing down the computer.
…I trust Apple to protect my privacy way better than the rest of the big tech.
This is good for business, of course, but its also good for you, the user.
