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.

  • 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