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amh686
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4 months ago

2FA support on Ubuntu

My wife has fingerprint-reader support to access 1Password on her Mac. Is there a way to do the same on my ThinkPad, currently running Ubuntu 22.04 (although could be upgraded, if that helps)? I hav...
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1P_SimonH
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4 months ago

Hi amh686,

Just to make sure I understand: Your ThinkPad already has a fingerprint reader, but it doesn't work reliably with logging in to your device and other apps so you aren't sure if it would work with 1Password. Is that right? A few questions:

In general, using a fingerprint reader with 1Password on Linux works just fine, with the caveat that the snap version of Firefox can prevent communication between the 1Password extension and 1Password desktop application.

 

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    amh686
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    3 months ago

    Yes. I have a fingerprint reader on my Lenovo laptop, but it has never worked reliably with Ubuntu.

    What I absolutely want is to require (or better, permit as an option) a valid fingerprint, every time I unlock 1Passord - I invariably use the browser 1Password plugins. This feels much safer than typing in a password ten times a day, that could be picked up by a keyboard logger or similar.

    I am considering the Ubikey bio series device for this: would it do the job?

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      1P_SimonH
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      3 months ago

      Hi amh686,

      Thanks for that clarification! If the YubiKey Bio is compatible with your operating system and working as expected in general, I would expect it to also work with 1Password. If it's working otherwise and it's just not cooperating with 1Password, let us know and we can troubleshoot from there.