The fun thing about Linux is your realize physical control is ownership. You can just throw a Bootable Linux image with some utilities and remove the password from a Windows account in a second. If you really need to keep something safe, it has to be encrypted.
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stom@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is why I use Linux, the fingerprint device wouldn’t be supported so this wouldn’t be an issue /s
Cethin@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
kadu@lemmy.world 10 months ago
remove the password from a Windows account
That used to be true, but no longer works
jonne@infosec.pub 10 months ago
Regardless, you can just read what’s on the disk anyway, so you don’t need to be able to log in.
randombullet@feddit.de 10 months ago
Unless bitlocker is enabled by default, which is becoming more and more common
Hubi@feddit.de 10 months ago
The one on my Thinkpad works just fine :)
canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I got a T80s and the sensor doesn’t work.
Hubi@feddit.de 10 months ago
I’ve got a T440p and I just set it up through the menu in the KDE settings, it worked right out of the box.
canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Mine’s not in libfprint, libfprint-tod, or libfprint-goodix.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Nah I use fprint on my arch laptop so there is fingerprint login technology. Hopefully that doesn’t have security vulnerabilities.
locuester@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
It has vulnerabilities for sure. But they haven’t been found because no one cares about hacking you or the 1 other person on earth that use Arch and fingerprint security.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Security by obscurity lol
RFBurns@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Correct answer.
Using any form of biometric ‘login’ under the US’s “justice” system is supremely ill-advised.
loutr@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
That’s funny, on my XPS Windows crashed when I tried adding a fingerprint. Works flawlessly under Arch.
ultranaut@lemmy.world 10 months ago
One of the major reasons I gave up on trying to run Linux on my laptop was lack of fingerprint reader support.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That would be a plus for me, actually. I never liked fingerprint authentication.
robotica@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How is not having support for something a plus for you? I swear to god, some Linux users are so stuck up.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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 used???!!!) doesn’t support Windows 11. Major plus.
My MacBook’s OS version (no way!!!) doesn’t support unnecessary FaceTime features. A plus.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 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”
gohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
fingerprint login is not secure. period. Being stuck in using a password login is a plus
Treczoks@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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)
WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
wouldn’t be supported so this wouldn’t be an issue
I did not expect that 😅
Gork@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Mmm yes security by non-functionality. A pillar of the modern cybersecurity framework.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Can’t hack a brick 🤷
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 10 months ago
But you can use a brick to hack windows.
FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Something something Soviet Russia…
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 10 months ago
When you could have said crack, but instead said hack.
demonsword@lemmy.world 10 months ago
yes indeed, the good ol’ broken windows fallacy!
agent_flounder@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And this is why I am typing this on a 1921 Royal No. 10 typewriter.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Found Tom Hanks’s Lemmy account.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Works for my webcam. Tbh I’d like someone to hack it, would mean they would’ve written drivers for it
Zeth0s@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It is called zero trust, killing functionalities is zscaler core business