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This is Microsoft’s latest annoying addition to Windows.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I wish but I have a Samsung notebook and the damn fingerprint reader won’t work on any Linux distribution.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think it is just your laptop. I've not been able to get the fingerprint reader to work properly on my Framework on Linux either. I think the support for them just sucks on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

uhg samsung. reminds me of sony... does sony still do laptops? they had the worst hardware driver support that ever existed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They don't. They killed the VAIO line of products in 2020.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Biometrics are an end run around the fourth and fifth amendments.