misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoMicrosoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassedwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down17cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·10 months agoThat would be a plus for me, actually. I never liked fingerprint authentication.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoSo YES, from someone who was asked to do fingerprint authentication in a sensitive environment (and had to refuse, even to the salespeople pested me)
minus-squarerobotica@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down10·10 months agoHow is not having support for something a plus for you? I swear to god, some Linux users are so stuck up.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·edit-210 months agoWhere to start… My dumb TV doesn’t support smart features. A plus. My coffee maker doesn’t support wifi. A plus. My games don’t support in-app purchases. A plus. My windows 10 laptop (did you read that?! Whaaat, I’m not a Linux user???!!!) doesn’t support Windows 11. Major plus. My MacBook’s OS version (no way!!!) doesn’t support unnecessary FaceTime features. A plus.
minus-squaregohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·10 months agofingerprint login is not secure. period. Being stuck in using a password login is a plus
minus-squareAlex@feddit.rolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoYou could just disable fingerprint login, though.
minus-squarewildginger@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months ago“what, you dont want to use the new door lock made from soggy white bread? You deadbolt losers are so stuck up”
That would be a plus for me, actually. I never liked fingerprint authentication.
So YES, from someone who was asked to do fingerprint authentication in a sensitive environment (and had to refuse, even to the salespeople pested me)
How is not having support for something a plus for you? I swear to god, some Linux users are so stuck up.
Where to start…
My dumb TV doesn’t support smart features. A plus.
My coffee maker doesn’t support wifi. A plus.
My games don’t support in-app purchases. A plus.
My windows 10 laptop (did you read that?! Whaaat, I’m not a Linux user???!!!) doesn’t support Windows 11. Major plus.
My MacBook’s OS version (no way!!!) doesn’t support unnecessary FaceTime features. A plus.
fingerprint login is not secure. period. Being stuck in using a password login is a plus
You could just disable fingerprint login, though.
“what, you dont want to use the new door lock made from soggy white bread? You deadbolt losers are so stuck up”