For a while now, the fingerprint management UI in GNOME Settings (gnome-control-center) has felt outdated. While it worked, the layout and enrollment flow hadn't kept up with the rest of GNOME’s modern interface updates. I am happy that during the GNOME 51 development cycle we managed to address that. Allan Day, Marco Trevisan, and myself...
  • northernscrub@lemmy.worldEnglish
    102·
    19 hours ago

    dont use biometrics as a security solution. always use something that requires you to be conscious and coherent.

    • communism@lemmy.ml
      1·
      5 hours ago

      That’s where multi factor authentication comes in. Biometrics are something that you are. You also need something that you know.

    • sakphul@discuss.tchncs.de
      7·
      12 hours ago

      Being aware of your threat model and evaluating options accordingly is always good.

      But don’t do Perfect is the enemy of good

      Compared to using the same password everywhere, easy for everyone to guess, which is the de-facto norm for non-tech people: using a Fingerprint for your devices is an improvement.