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Howdy – Windows Hello style facial authentication for Linux

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61 points LorenDB | 4 comments | 23 Jun 25 18:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.675s | source
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charcircuit ◴[26 Jun 25 07:43 UTC] No.44385141[source]▶
This isn't "Windows Hello style." This program extracts features from a 2d image instead of doing depth reconstruction first. This makes it easy to fool with a piece of paper.

Also this only handles user authentication unlike on Windows where it can be usedpasskey. disk encryption and for passkeys.

Edit: This program also saves the landmarks of your face into a file in plain text when it gets added.

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1. senectus1 ◴[26 Jun 25 07:59 UTC] No.44385213[source]▶
yeah its more of a taster demo. I wish them luck in developing it properly though... I'm doing an ubuntu MOE for a corp atm and man, I really miss the windows hello logins.
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2. _joel ◴[26 Jun 25 08:44 UTC] No.44385457[source]▶
Is 'Hello' and those kind of biometrics generally enabled at $CORP? The ones I've gigged at have been the polar opposite of using it, due to regulatroy requirements. Even disabling macos fingerprint reader company-wide, which is prerry darn good imho.
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3. senectus1 ◴[26 Jun 25 13:32 UTC] No.44387247[source]▶
yeah hello encompass facial recognition (must be dual IR cams), Fingerprint sensor and PIN.

none are perfect but they allow users to easily access their devices without having to remember and type in huge passwords.

4. lozenge ◴[26 Jun 25 13:35 UTC] No.44387282[source]▶
I've had the opposite experience, my CORP now pushes most auth through my phone's biometric authentication, I don't even use a password.