7mo ago

rust-fp: Fingerprint library, dbus interface, CLI, and PAM module for unlocking Linux with fingerprint sensors.

GitHub - ChocolateLoverRaj/rust-fp: Fingerprint library, dbus interface, CLI, and PAM module for unlocking Linux with fingerprint sensors. Currently for Chromebooks.

An already working reimplementation of libfprint in Rust, supposedly easier to use.

Targeted to Chromebooks currently, support wished!

4 comments

@boredsquirrel can you use the phone's fingerprint sensor?
I think that there's an app for that but Open-source means choice
- So you use the phones login method and then what? An app uses this and sends a message or key or whatever to the Laptop? Over bluetooth? Or USB? Or Wifi?
  That honestly sounds like a lot of struggles, but could work.
  KDE connect maybe?
  
  @boredsquirrel over LAN
  It already exists & has many apps for winlol like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.andreimircius.remotefingerauth and already had an app for Linux but it died, got removed from the play store
  I will try KDE Connect as soon as my WiFi gets fixed
  
  Interesting. That is a totally different use case though.
  This library already makes fingerprint readers work on some Chromebooks.