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Bug 564343 - Allow using fingerprint reader to enter credentials
Allow using fingerprint reader to enter credentials
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Passwords, Cookies, & Certificates
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-12-13 00:27 UTC by Bastien Nocera
Modified: 2018-03-28 17:50 UTC
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Description Bastien Nocera 2008-12-13 00:27:23 UTC 
Like in Windows, it should be possible to swipe your finger to complete credentials onto a web page. This should use fprintd's D-Bus API.
Comment 1 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2012-10-08 02:22:47 UTC 
Bastien, given that epiphany now uses gnome keyring, isn't this handled automatically now?
Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2012-10-11 09:51:28 UTC 
No, it's about epiphany verifying the user's credentials for each time where it would simply fill it in from gnome-keyring. gnome-keyring could implement that, and close the keyring in which the web passwords are every time we request one, but that would need a better UI.
Comment 3 Michael Catanzaro 2018-03-25 17:44:48 UTC 
This is a mass NEEDINFO of all Epiphany bugs with no activity in the past three years. I'm going to be automatically closing old bugs to help us focus on current problems. If you feel this bug is still relevant with Epiphany 3.26 or newer, then please leave any comment here so that I know not to close this one.
Comment 4 Bastien Nocera 2018-03-28 12:27:48 UTC 
This might still be nice to have. This is similar to applications requiring "TouchID" on iOS, which allows an middle ground between "having the session opened gets you access to all those accounts without checks" and "you need to type in your password, always".

This might need implementation at different levels of the stack as well.
Comment 5 Michael Catanzaro 2018-03-28 17:50:02 UTC 
This seems like a big project. I don't want to keep this feature request open without a design doc and a credible plan for someone to work on it. Sorry.