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Why a dead person's biometric locks can feel like supernatural contact

My daughter died at age sixteen and her iPhone facial recognition still unlocks when I hold it near her photos and it feels like she is still reaching out to me.

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Biometric technology can create uncanny moments where death seems temporarily reversed by digital recognition.

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