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iPad Pro 2020: Apple Lets Slip Cool New Ground-Breaking Security Feature

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Apr 6, 2020 #feature, #Forbes
iPad Pro 2020: Apple Lets Slip Cool New Ground-Breaking Security Feature

Apple's new iPad Pro keyboard

Apple’s most current iPad Pro has a cool brand-new function.

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The new iPad Pro is a subtle upgrade from the previous design.

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Beyond that, the only hardware distinctions are a brand-new processor, the A12 Z Bionic, which for some is too carefully associated to the previous A12 X Bionic for their preference.

And then there was the debate over whether the brand-new iPad included the U1 Ultra Wideband chip discovered on the newest iPhones.

Now, it’s come to light that there’s a security feature in the new iPad Pro which is all new to Apple tablets.

Apple's new iPad Pro and Magic Keyboard

Apple’s new iPad Pro and forthcoming Magic Keyboard

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As exposed in an Apple Platform Security file and found by Zac Hall at 9to5Mac, the brand-new design is the very first tablet to consist of a function introduced on current Mac laptops.

It’s a powerful security feature which physically disconnects the microphones on the computer when the lid is closed. So, even if a hacker handled to get into your laptop in some way and was listening to you, closing the lid would put an end to their little game.

Brilliant, but how can you mimic such a mechanism on something like a tablet which, undoubtedly, does not have a closable cover?

It turns out you can do it when you have a compatible case connected. The document describes

All Mac portables with the Apple T2 Security Chip feature a hardware disconnect that guarantees the microphone is disabled whenever

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