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rust-fp: Fingerprint library, dbus interface, CLI, and PAM module for unlocking Linux with fingerprint sensors. (github.com)
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An already working reimplementation of libfprint in Rust, supposedly easier to use.

Targeted to Chromebooks currently, support wished!

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[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Interesting. That is a totally different use case though.

This library already makes fingerprint readers work on some Chromebooks.