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Fingerprint sensor is technically possible: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=120964.0 https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=120964.0 CC @gtsteve

• naikrovek 1mo ago
  fingerprint sensor is easily done. Touch ID-compatible fingerprint sensor from someone other than Apple is not possible as I understand it.
  • Andrew6rant 1mo ago
    I just linked you a post with a Touch ID-compatible mechanical keycap. Reverse-engineered from the Apple Magic Keyboard and requires a donor board, though
    • naikrovek 1mo ago
      “requires a donor [Apple Magic] keyboard” is not the same as a third party making a Touch ID-compatible sensor. That’s Apple making a Touch ID-compatible sensor and a third party taking it out and putting it in another keyboard. This does not qualify as a third party Touch ID compatible keyboard.
      • notpushkin 1mo ago
        Yeah, but it’s a third party mechanical keyboard with a Touch ID sensor. I suppose if one came across a pile of old / broken Magic keyboards, they could extract a bunch of Touch ID sensors and sell those to a keyboard manufacturer (or in their own keyboard). This does not scale, obviously, but including it as an option could work.
    • asdff 1mo ago
      You could do all that and maybe after many hours it might work, or you could also solve this in 5 minutes by just plug in the magic keyboard to the computer, stick it in a box with a cut out for the touchid sensor, and just stick your mechanical keyboard on top of the box.
  • doggonemouse 1mo ago
    yeah there was a snazzy labs ep about this I believe