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whosdadog

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It’s much more secure on ‘less than trusted’ devices and for less than secure people.

Instead of having to type your password in on your friends laptop that may have a keylogger installed, you just type your username in and then do your fingerprint on your phone. That’s it; your phone verifies it’s you and then transmits the passkey over Bluetooth, so it can’t be phished or observed while you type it.

For less than secure people, you don’t have to convince them to use a password manager and stop writing their passwords on sticky notes. They just type in their username and do their fingerprint on their phone. It can’t be phished so even if someone is remotely controlling a victims computer the damage is limited to allowing access to a single account on that physical computer - they can’t take that passkey and use it anywhere else, unlike a password for an email account that’s used for online banking as well. They also can’t keylogger it and then log in after they’re disconnected from the victim.

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I wouldn’t hold your breath, it was last updated 5 years ago

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Unfortunately that’s so outdated my phone won’t even let me install it from the play store.

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I think it’s neat I’m seeing this post on Lemmy and that I can comment on it.

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It looks like a 3 pin molex connector https://www.amazon.com/Molex-3-Pin-Connector-0-093-Sets/dp/B0046ZI9H6

You can use something like this to add wifi control. HiLetgo ESP8266 5V WiFi Relay Module TOI APP Control for Smart Home Automation System https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071LMSLRW

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I (tried to) send you a message, there doesn’t seem to be a ‘Sent’ box on Lemmy so I can’t verify it sent successfully. Let me know if you didn’t get it.

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If you tap this link from within Sync, it will take you right to the setting you’re looking for Settings shortcut: View type > Description font

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It’s not really meant for soliciting, but Tindie is the closest thing I can think of what you’re looking for. https://www.tindie.com/ You could find something in the same ballpark of what you’re looking for and contact the person who made it and ask if they would be interested in doing custom projects.

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It also allows you to login without someone visually observing your password while typing it on a keyboard or on an untrusted device that could have a keylogger.

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That was probably permanent magnet cards (pre-made credit cards, membership cards, etc) vs re-writable magnetic cards that can be written to with a desktop machine.

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