I have a Prometheus builtin one in my Thinkpad and even though the mainboard firmware sucks, the sensor has libfprint support.
Now I want to switch to a Clevo NV41 which has coreboot thanks to Novacustom and 3mdeb.
But I dont want to type my password that often and I use Fingerprint everywhere.
Plasma 6 is said to have Webauthn / Fido2 keys support, which could be a solution, but apart from that, I would like a USB fingerprint reader.
These Benns ones where reported to work years ago, but they are not available anywhere anymore.
I already tried one from ARCANITE (through Amazon) and it didnt work.
I think some are not actually sensors but security keys with password storage and fingerprint unlock?
Does anyone know USB fingerprint sensors that work and are available? I would also be interested if these are actually secure or some cheap stuff that is very insecure.
Out of curiosity, do Android phone sensors work? I had an IR one on mx Pixel 7pro that I swapped from a broken display to a good one, and that could totally be done on a laptop (if you get the flat cable…)
Some of the Yubi keys have fingerprint sensors, and they have good Linux support.
The issue is that even the same brand can have multiple USB fingerprint scanners, which may not all work.
From a 4y old reddit thread some person found a fingerprint scanner which worked, but some other person who had a similar one didn’t get it ot work.
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/gc8a2e/i_finally_found_a_cheap_usb_fingerprint_reader/
Yay Reddit blocks my Useragent and VPN.
I am certain that is the Benns that I referred to
i would totally buy one for my desktop
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TIL about PostWatchBot, that seems handy. Thanks!
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This should have been a dm. Bad bot.
It will do soon 👍
The initial mention should probably also be a DM.
I’d prefer to avoid a situation like on Reddit where there’s 100 comments pinging a bot for some feature the platform should have built in on every post.
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