←back to thread

Howdy – Windows Hello style facial authentication for Linux

(github.com)
59 points LorenDB | 1 comments | 23 Jun 25 18:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.223s | source
Show context
aitchnyu ◴[26 Jun 25 06:49 UTC] No.44384839[source]▶
Last time I tried it, I wished the DM indicated its processing my face and also if it failed, and a button to retry. Also will the model be fooled by an IR photo of my face?

I did have fun opening the IR camera feed and seeing objects of various opacity in visible spectrum behaving differently in IR.

replies(1): >>44385357 #
1. Boltgolt ◴[26 Jun 25 08:26 UTC] No.44385357[source]▶
Main dev here: If you're on the 3.0 version you'll be able to install howdy-gtk, which will show a popup at the top of your screen when authenticating.

You can also enable "rubberstamps" which require an action from you like nodding yes to confirm authentication and making it harder to fool. As noted in the readme though, Howdy is never going to be 100% secure