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I suppose if you value your privacy over your well-being/existence you can perhaps resist giving up your password (not so with a fingerprint). Or maybe you coul

I suppose if you value your privacy over your well-being/existence you can perhaps resist giving up your password (not so with a fingerprint). Or maybe you could set up a "suicide pill" alternate password that wipes/bricks the machine when entered if you wanted to deprive your future self of the opportunity to relent as the torture escalates... (Edit: I guess the latter is also doable via fingerprint if a different finger is used as the suicide pill, seems a bit risky for normal use though!)

gattilorenz 4y ago
> you could set up a "suicide pill" alternate password By... rewriting or modding sudo AND the login screen of macOS? Doesn't seem like a realistic option.
- throwaway287391 4y ago
  Yeah it was more theoretical speculation, probably not doable on Mac (and I don't see Apple adding this feature tbh). I wouldn't be surprised if someone's implemented something like that in Linux though.
- Sebb767 4y ago
  It's actually quite simple and readily available with PAM duress [0] (at least on Linux, I'm not sure about PAM on Mac). It was also discussed here already [1]. Still, you should consider that doing so might not work in your favor, especially if the fact that you used a duress code becomes obvious. [0] https://github.com/nuvious/pam-duress https://github.com/nuvious/pam-duress [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28267975 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28267975