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.
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.
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.
This is why we have duress passwords.
“we” as in absolutely not most people.
Just people who include “getting beaten with a wrench by my adversaries” in their threat model