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That’s an absurd statement. I do not need to open the power switch on my table saw to understand and recognize that when I turn it off the blade stops spinning.
Even if I were unable to directly view the blade I could see that stock passed across it is not cut.
Even if I didn’t have a table saw I could read the news stories about law enforcement complaints that turning the power button to the off position stops the saw from spinning and craftsman is unwilling to offer a bypass to the switch citing safety concerns and form a cohesive rational understanding that the control does what it says on the tin.
likewise, i can read the news stories about the lawsuits and the corporations ignoring switches and collecting that data anyway.
also remember privacy and security are related but are two different things.
I am open to hearing evidence that iphone hardening is a myth.