Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Date: 2 Mar 2017 20:50:47 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <0001HW.D4DAAC7100BBB46BB02919BF@news.astraweb.com> <0001HW.D4DAFD0D00CE98B3B02919BF@news.astraweb.com> <280220171302066543%nospam@nospam.invalid> <0001HW.D4DC04D7010C6BB7B02919BF@news.astraweb.com> <010320171100258438%nospam@nospam.invalid> <0001HW.D4DC82C60129EF63B02919BF@news.astraweb.com> <010320171430094777%nospam@nospam.invalid> <0001HW.D4DCAFCA01347C5CB02919BF@news.astraweb.com> <0001HW.D4DCEA1301422551B01029BF@news.astraweb.com> <0001HW.D4DD874B0166FE2CB01029BF@news.astraweb.com> <0001HW.D4DDB6D50172226BB01029BF@news.astraweb.com> <0001HW.D4DDC90001766488B01029BF@news.astraweb.com> X-Trace: individual.net 8JlEaz3hHdbH5p+GWnMI7QpZ/fgztXKmEGk1YESWuspE09GSye Cancel-Lock: sha1:HGvkz0mjBKoqqO/EqdTaeVg8+UU= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:101688 On 2017-03-02, Nelson wrote: > On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 12:16:40 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote > (in article ): > >> The truth is the Touch Bar has multiple "reasons for being" (functions), >> one of the major ones being secure and private biometric authentication. >> It includes a secure fingerprint sensor and a significant portion of the >> custom SoC is *dedicated* to just that. I realize it would be convenient >> for you to ignore this functionality as if it holds no value, along with >> the rest of the functionality that sets it apart from typical "glorified >> soft keys"; but that's not the reality of the situation. I don't expect >> you to like or fawn over the Touch Bar; but you could at least try not >> to spread lies and misinformation about it to justify your position that >> it has little value beyond "glorified soft keys". We should strive for >> the truth, always. > > Here is the verbatim description of the Touch Bar from Apple.com: I'm no longer interested in this utterly lame line of argument. Sorry. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR