Trend detail

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Disable TouchID

Rank #254 with 1 captured signals across 1 sources.

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Total score18.4

Movement-1

Momentum0.0%

First seen18 Apr 2026

About

What is Disable TouchID?

Disable TouchID is a cooling trend driven by social buzz with 1 signals across 1 sources (strongest on Hacker News).

History

Score trajectory

Dashed line shows a high-confidence projection using Holt trend.

Score

Component breakdown

Platform intelligence

Source-by-source breakdown

1 sources · 1 signals

community (1)

12.9 pts estimated contribution

301

Hacker News engagement

captured stories

Evidence (1)

Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock

social · value 301.0 · 17 Apr 2026

Social 6.9 · Diversity 6.0Latest healthy fetch kept 45 of 45 items

Why now

Why is Disable TouchID trending?

Identity

Aliases & duplicates

Tracked aliases

disable touchid

Disable TouchID

Opportunity

What you can do with it

Rising

Composite15%

Discovery18%

SEO12%

Content23%

Product10%

Investment12%

Limited actionability signals

Prediction

Breakout outlook

Rising · 49% confidenceRecently emerged (<24h)

Next 5 runs · High confidence · Holt trendHolt trend · 0.2% backtest error

18.4 to 18.6 projected

Audience

Who and where this seems relevant

DeveloperAudience segment

1 signals

FounderAudience segment

1 signals

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Geo

Where it is showing up

No location signals yet.