Comment on All cheap smartphones have a fingerprint sensor but all laptops dont have one. Why?

simple@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• crab@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I always lock my computer when I walk away from it so my dog can’t start hacking the CIA.

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  • LarryTheMatador@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Needs to train their dog worse, if anything lol.

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• kobra@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I unlock my 1Password vault(s) with fingerprint, so it’s much more useful than just logging into the laptop. which at work I log into many more times a day than once or twice.

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• sheridan@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I use the TouchID on my MacBook several times a day because it unlocks the password manager and wallet.

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  • tyler@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you have an Apple Watch you don’t even need to do that. 😂 but yeah it’s great having a fingerprint scanner on a computer

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• ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Rarely?” This is anecdotally very false, and I don’t think I’m that much of an outlier. Do you have stats on that?

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  • theareciboincident@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah either they’re unemployed, work from home, or have terrible IT practices where they work hahaha

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    • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      For real. My work laptop locks after 5 minutes.

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• mundane@feddit.nu ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I lock my computer whenever I leave my desk.

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• Braindead@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  True for personal laptops, false for professional laptops. Might be why they gave me one with a fingerprint reader.

  I unlock my work laptop a dozen times a day at least. Facial recognition FTW for that. TBH I’ve never felt the need to set up my fingerprint though…

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  • bilb@lem.monster ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most work laptops I’ve seen use smart cards for this. The computer is locked unless your card is inserted and a PIN is entered, and removing the card locks the computer.

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    • tyler@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What country and industry do you work in? I’ve never even heard of that much less seen it in a professional capacity.

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      • subtext@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m in the US working for a company that uses smart card plus PIN for login, then everything else is automatic SSO using those credentials.

        Honestly works amazingly.

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      • Almrond@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        A lot of modern places use shibboleth and 2FA keys these days, but the military still uses smart card authentication

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      • lud@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Where I work we use passwords but I’m in the trial for Windows hello for business.

        I do know though that smart cards are very common in the healthcare industry. I know that the police also use it.

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• xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As a student, I unlock my laptop several times per day.

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