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[–] Piwix@lemm.ee 105 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Biometric login. It is available to an extent through fprint on Linux but support is not there for all hardware and it isn't a very seamless experience to setup at the moment

[–] featured@hexbear.net 11 points 10 months ago

Linux also has Howdy for facial recognition/“Windows Hello”

[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Biometrics authentication seems to me to be entirely useless. It's less secure and more easily spoofed than passwords, and if you need more security 2FA or a physical key (digital or otherwise) provide it. It would be nice to have the support I guess, but the tech itself just seems like a waste of money.

[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago

Setup right it’s a lot faster than passwords. So I guess it automatically wins vs more secure methods.

I didn’t write the rules of average human thought processes.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

In KDE and I think GNOME the setup is fine. But there are no usb fingerprint readers that work with Linux, at least that you can buy.