https://youtu.be/oBnYMzKIskQ
it said on https://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:04f3-0c4b that this specific device was no longer maintained; is that true? and if so, is there anything i can do about it?
#issues having fingerprint reader (04f3:0c4b) recognize fingerprints after enrollment
cold atlas
daring wasp
Fingerprint readers are a massive crapshoot. There are very few actual drivers out there that work on linux - the majority of drivers you have been painstakingly reverse-engineered and hacked together
Not do diminish those people's work, but yeah. 😄
The issue is that (for obvious reasons) the manufacturers want to keep quite a closed book on how their security devices work.
Something else to consider is that fingerprint readers are also pretty insecure, even on winderps with official drivers
I had a thinkpad where it worked perfectly. I have had another thinkpad where it was never going to work. I had one last thinkpad, where I found this hideous python hack that got it working, about 70% of the time. You know it's good when snakescript gets involved
cold atlas
I had a thinkpad where it worked perfectly. I have had another thinkpad where it...
on one hand, i’ll jump at any opportunity to write some python and tinker with stuff
on the other, the fact that i have to do that probably means it’s not worth it tbh
cold atlas
just tried on a live iso of mint 22.1 i have lying around in case of emergencies, and it ended up not working there either so i can only assume it’s a hardware problem
well
an fprintd problem
daring wasp
Enrolling is further than I've got on 3/4 machines