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Is it possible to setup Windows Hello with a fingerprint enabled security key but without a PIN?
Hi, I see in the knowledge base this section about Windows Hello and the PIN:
https://support.1password.com/windows-hello-security/
Use a strong, alphanumeric PIN when you set up Windows Hello....
The purpose of the PIN, AFAIK is the fallback option, but also I do recall that the pin is used to encrypt the biometric data.
The PIN is tied to the hardware too, so it is not a password per sé
Getting to passwordless is going to be a journey.
It's relevant that hello was created before TPM 2.0 was required for a Windows install. As it is in win 11.
Did you find anything different?
