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.
Almost every one of the fingerprint sensors in laptops are not supported by Linux due to proprietary protocols. Never managed to get stuff used by Dell or HP with Linux.
But the Grow R503 can be used over uart, what can be connected to usb with some minor additional parts.
That sucks so much. I have such a cool vein scanner built in to unlock my laptop jedi style and I can’t use it because Fujitsu decided to not add support for Linux 🙄
T480s here works on Ubuntu.
I recently got a Dell Latitude 14 2-in-1 with the AMD 8840U, Put on the latest Fedora Kinoite and the fingerprint reader works FYI.
same with my old Lenovo P53 (for years) -I needed adding some packages though, but that was so long ago…
same here but I have a Dell Inspiron 7415 2-in-1. Just installed fedora and it worked out of the box.
Biometrics, huh? You know- passwords are more secure…
I’m not sure why the down votes. You are completely right
They didn’t ask for security advice, though…
Biometrics plus a password is even more secure.
For simple PC unlocking etc. they are perfectly fine and improve security due to their far higher usability.
The same way 10 key files on 10 different locations combined with this and that are more secure than a simple 60 character password. But the simple password is far more practical, so far more secure overall since people actually use it.
It’s easier to steal, copy, or alternatively subpoena a fingerprint.
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.
