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…)
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/
Some of the Yubi keys have fingerprint sensors, and they have good Linux support.
i would totally buy one for my desktop
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.
