PanicLock

What it does

PanicLock - Keep Touch ID for daily convenience, get instant password-only security when you need it. Your Mac's escape hatch for border crossings, protests, and high-risk situations.

PanicLock - Keep Touch ID for daily convenience, get instant password-only security when you need it. Your Mac

Keep Touch ID for daily convenience. Get instant password-only security when you need it . Touch ID is genuinely useful 99% of the time—faster, easier, no shoulder-surfing risk. Most people don't want to disable it permanently. But that 1% of situations where you need instant password-only security? There's no fast option on macOS. PanicLock is your escape hatch: Keep the convenience of biometrics for daily use, with an instant "oh shit" button when circumstances change. On iOS, you can squeeze your phone's buttons to disable biometrics. macOS has no equivalent — until now. Use shutdown when you can, PanicLock when you can't. Shutting down is the most secure option—but when you need your…from paniclock.github.io

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