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  1. Bug #54816 (fingerprint)
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 54816

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Justin Dugger (jldugger) wrote : Re: Edgy should include 'bioapi' to support fingerprint readers

At the moment, there are serious barriers to adopting this software for Ubuntu, but I'm working on fuzzing the edges. These problems are:
* Lacks translations
* Requires uinput readable by user
* Requires ACLs to make gnome-screensaver work
* Stores authentication data in a strange place
* Does not, and cannot, unlock gnome keyrings on login.
* Requires users to muck with udev rules, /etc/modules and /etc/pam.d/ files
* No GDM integration to detect user via fingerprint

Most importantly:
* Potentially conflicts with US Export Laws. I think the design is in the clear, but I am also not a lawyer versed in export law.

Help is certainly welcome. If anyone has writes patches for any of these, attach them here and submit upstream!