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Waterluviantoday at 5:46 PM2 repliesview on HN

I kind of hate typing in my password all the time. Is there a way to sacrifice some security and do something like... ask for my password but automatically input it if my phone is detected via Bluetooth? (not connected, just detected).

I don't really want to just disable passwords. I recall that causing technical pains. And this is a desktop PC in my home office and I'm just generally okay with the associated security risks.


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post-ittoday at 5:54 PM

Mac lets you use Touch ID or your Apple Watch to authenticate sudo. I expect you could set up something custom for Linux, it seems like the type of thing AI could put together very quickly.

the8472today at 5:49 PM

wire up a hardware security token as a "sufficient" PAM rule. then it's just a tap.