Comment by e12e
6 hours ago
It's nice to be able to authenticate sudo via biometric id with the help of Pam, or unlock your password manager like bitwarden.
I don't think an apple watch would help there?
6 hours ago
It's nice to be able to authenticate sudo via biometric id with the help of Pam, or unlock your password manager like bitwarden.
I don't think an apple watch would help there?
> I don't think an apple watch would help there?
You can authorize via Apple Watch everything you can authorize via Touch ID. You get the notification on the Watch, and you need to press the button twice to auth.
I don't remember if it works every time, or only when MacBook is closed and connected to external display/keyboard.
Wait, one can wire up sudo to touch ID? I don't know how I never learned that before
Yeap, it's possible starting from Sonoma: https://sixcolors.com/post/2020/11/quick-tip-enable-touch-id...
I've got this functionality in linux with the framework laptop, and it really isn't much faster than typing in a password.
either you have killer typing speed or your password isnt long enough or your fingerprint scanner is slow
It can be, if your typing is impaired.