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.

  • Revv@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    34·
    3 months ago

    Here’s the list of devices supported by fprint

    For non -standalone readers, you’ll have to look up the actual fingerprint reader embedded within it.

    Edit: it looks like this is a Bluetooth keyboard. My guess is it’s highly unlikely to work with Linux as a fingerprint reader.

    • rotopenguin@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      It’s a shame that that the list doesn’t translate well into “what device can I go out and buy”? Every shitty manufacturer has to constantly churn design changes, and hide it all behind the exact same model number.

  • refalo@programming.dev
    10·
    3 months ago

    I use the DigitalPersona 4500 with libfprint. Unfortunately, there are multiple revisions of the device with the same model number and only some of them work properly under Linux (different encryption method I believe). As far as I know this is not actually documented anywhere. Googling just shows a bunch of unresolved bug reports of people having no idea why it doesn’t work.

      • refalo@programming.dev
        5·
        3 months ago

        Bus 001 Device 059: ID 05ba:000a DigitalPersona, Inc. Fingerprint Reader

        It shows up exactly the same for all the revisions though.

  • BOFH666@lemmy.world
    81·
    3 months ago

    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.

      • Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml
        2·
        3 months ago

        That’s why I’m buying it because they’ve got actual Linux support (and because of being able to reconfigure it for the task at hand)

    • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.todayEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      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.

      • RV5@kbin.melroy.org
        3·
        3 months ago

        same with my old Lenovo P53 (for years) -I needed adding some packages though, but that was so long ago…

    • K4mpfie@feddit.org
      2·
      3 months ago

      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 🙄

    • Eheran@lemmy.world
      15·
      3 months ago

      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.