Use TouchID to Authenticate Sudo on macOS

Re:Use TouchID to Authenticate Sudo on macOS by drdaeman on Friday August 26, 2022 @05:20PM (#32612899)

Are software developers really a small market?

There is probably low priority/ignored because most developers can easily do this on their own, so it's not really worth the hassle.

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Re:Use TouchID to Authenticate Sudo on macOS by leesalminen on Friday August 26, 2022 @05:39PM (#32613052)

Some googling shows ~20 million software developers around the world. Some googling shows roughly 2 billion households globally and 50% of them have a PC in their household. So let’s say 1 billion PC users.

20 million / 1 billion = 2%

So yes, it seems like a small market relatively.

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Re:Use TouchID to Authenticate Sudo on macOS by solarkraft on Friday August 26, 2022 @09:15PM (#32614576)

Remember Steve Ballmer?

Developers are incredibly important for an ecosystem and having them a bit more optimistic about a platform can be quite beneficial (for a very low price, even).

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Re:Use TouchID to Authenticate Sudo on macOS by rjzzleep on Friday August 26, 2022 @05:44PM (#32613096)

They were a significant portion of getting OSX to the masses, but became less and less relevant to Apple over time.

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Re:Use TouchID to Authenticate Sudo on macOS by 8ytecoder on Saturday August 27, 2022 @02:45AM (#32616430)

Just an FYI, 1Password can now manage ssh keys that you can authenticate with TouchID

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