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Re:Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Key... by naikrovek on Thursday August 06, 2026 @02:03PM (#49200126)
“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.

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Re:Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Key... by notpushkin on Thursday August 06, 2026 @02:16PM (#49200317)
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.

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