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I wish they added "unlock Mac/use id on Mac with iPhone". But no, they only introduce TouchId on a keyboard that only works with M1 chips.
by dmitriid 6y ago
I wish they added "unlock Mac/use id on Mac with iPhone". But no, they only introduce TouchId on a keyboard that only works with M1 chips.
- rrebelo 6y ago> I wish they added "unlock Mac/use id on Mac with iPhone". Me too. So I made a program that does exactly that: https://www.gadgetish.com/osx.html https://www.gadgetish.com/osx.html It also works with Android phones, Android Wear watches, Tizen (Samsung) watches, ... even some earbuds or smart tags.
- quenix 6y agoThis sounds insecure. Do you store the user’s password on disk?
- rrebelo 6y agoNo, I store on OS-X's keychain. You made a fair and necessary question but I'd be embarrassed to even think about storing the password on disk, even if encrypted.
- Nextgrid 6y agoUnless you’re on a machine with a hardware security module, isn’t keychain just stored somewhere on disk anyway?
- ascagnel_ 6y agoFor what it's worth, if you have a system with the T1 chip (Apple's been using the watch chip rebadged as a T1 for a few years as a SSD controller+security module), you can both unlock your laptop with your watch (built-in to the OS) and as a biometric sudo auth[0]. [0] https://github.com/insidegui/pam-watchid https://github.com/insidegui/pam-watchid
- dmitriid 6y agoI don't have a watch and I don't want someone else's code accessing my TouchID :)