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rbroman
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11 months ago

Biometric or hardware key on Linux?

I'm a senior and my typing is terrible due to hand tremors. I have several PC's, an iPad, and an iPhone. Authentication is fast and easy on the iPad and iPhone using face recognition, but I haven't f...
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1P_Dave
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11 months ago

Hello rbroman! 👋

I'm sorry that you're unable to use biometrics or your security key to unlock 1Password on your Linux device. Can you tell me if you're able to unlock the Linux device itself using either biometrics or your security key?

If you are then have you tried the steps in this guide: Use system authentication to unlock 1Password on your Linux computer

If those steps don't work, or you've done them already, then can you tell me if you receive an error message when you try to unlock 1Password for Linux using biometrics or your security key?

-Dave