Comment on All cheap smartphones have a fingerprint sensor but all laptops dont have one. Why?
bilb@lem.monster 6 months agoMost work laptops I’ve seen use smart cards for this. The computer is locked unless your card is inserted and a PIN is entered, and removing the card locks the computer.
tyler@programming.dev 6 months ago
What country and industry do you work in? I’ve never even heard of that much less seen it in a professional capacity.
subtext@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m in the US working for a company that uses smart card plus PIN for login, then everything else is automatic SSO using those credentials.
Honestly works amazingly.
Almrond@lemmy.world 6 months ago
A lot of modern places use shibboleth and 2FA keys these days, but the military still uses smart card authentication
lud@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Where I work we use passwords but I’m in the trial for Windows hello for business.
I do know though that smart cards are very common in the healthcare industry. I know that the police also use it.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 6 months ago
We use Windows Hello PINs. Great when you have a 10-key (numpad) built into the laptop. Too bad it takes forever to wake. God I wish I had any MacBook.
lud@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Like wake from sleep? My work laptop wakes very quickly from sleep. I just touch my finger on the fingerprint reader and it wakes unlocked in just a few seconds. It’s a Dell latitude 5430
tyler@programming.dev 6 months ago
that’s really weird. I worked in healthcare and literally never saw that once… that was a decade ago now, but still.