Has anyone here had success with USB fingerprint scanners? I also found this Microsoft keyboard with fingerprint reader but I don’t know if it works with linux.

  • NauticalNoodle
    86·
    16 days ago

    It’s easier to steal, copy, or alternatively subpoena a fingerprint.

    • SavvyWolfEnglish
      200·
      15 days ago15 days ago

      https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/security.png

      For most people, the only security they really need is against people either stealing devices or accessing them without permission. In those cases, biometrics (if implemented properly) and passwords are roughly equivalent.

        • Eheran
          40·
          15 days ago

          “we” as in absolutely not most people.

          • delirious_owl
            40·
            15 days ago

            Just people who include “getting beaten with a wrench by my adversaries” in their threat model