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Windows 10 fingerprint login changes default login method back to password

Check this article on how to set your default sign-in option in Windows 10 using a registry tweak. From the Command Prompt execute the following command to get your user account's SID: wmic ...
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How to compute GitLab deploy key fingerprint from ssh key-pair

SSH key fingerprints are simply hashes of entire public-key block (the large AAAA...= blob in your id_rsa.pub). First Base64-decode that field, then compute its MD5 or SHA256 hash, finally print it in ...
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Increase the maximum fingerprint trials of Windows 10 Hello log-in?

Can I increase the number of allowed trials, for example to 10 times? According to the following source this is not possible: No, you can not set this number of attempts in Windows 10. The ...
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Can you save fingerprint from fingerprint sensor usually found in laptops and smartphone?

You will not be able to see your fingerprint since the fingerprint that you add will be stored only in the backend. It is used to compare with the stored fingerprint when you try to unlock with ...
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How secure is the fingerprint data on windows 10?

The TPM just stores keys to verify code that will be executed/booted, its not like the secure enclave Apple developed for touch ID. With the secure enclave fingerprint markers are stored in an ...
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About Smarthost TLS Fingerprints

There's no such thing as "smarthost fingerprint". These are TLS certificate fingerprints, which just happen to belong to SMTP relay servers (smarthosts) in this context – but everything here applies ...
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How to Ensure SSH Server's Authenticity by Providing a Fingerprint to the SSH Client?

The dot is not a part of the fingerprint. So the answer should be: SHA256:jCl+n/PrVUuU5WxXFX+hg05a98Ih2LHcPcwqnHi6CuA
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Browser Fingerprinting - Change Timezone to 'Not Specified'

How can I have a JavaScript timezone checking function return (Not Specified)? You can't, without disabling JavaScript. the timezone Timezone offset of your browser obtainable through JavaScript new ...
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Any way to use Lenovo Fingerprint Manager instead of Windows Hello on Windows 10?

ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software version 6.0 for Windows 8.1 (64-bit) can be installed to Windows 10. After installation it runs independently.
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Can PGP messages be verified with just the fingerprint of the public key?

The fingerprint is like the serial number - the unique identifier - of a key. It's used to check that both parties are talking about the same key, in case there are multiple people with the same name ...
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Can SSH(SFTP) server have multiple fingerprints?

Yes and no. It's possible for a single server to have multiple hostkeys for alternative algorithms (in fact most servers support e.g. RSA + EdDSA), but only a single hostkey is chosen for each ...
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windows 10 fingerprint: sorry, something went wrong

Had the same problem, tried reinstalling drivers, even Windows, nothing worked. Finaly found the solution here: https://blog.goptg.com/how-to-reset-windows-hello-biometrics Stop the Windows Biometric ...
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How to access/mount a Windows USB device in WSL

WSL2 doesn't have much access to the Windows host hardware. This has started to change slightly with Windows 11 and the ability to mount physical drives, but USB is still off-limits to WSL2. Power ...
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I can't add a fingerprint to Windows 7

Here is the links to AuthenTec TrueSuite Fingerprint Software from Lenovo website: Windows 7, 32-bit (tiny.cc/ts32bit) https://support.lenovo.com/downloads/ds030584 Windows 7, 64-bit (tiny.cc/ts64bit)...
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How to verify the authenticity of GPG4win download file?

You're comparing different kinds of signatures. The signature in gpg4win-2.3.3.exe.sig is an OpenPGP signature, which you can verify through GnuPG (but Windows has no support for OpenPGP). On the ...
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How to remove windows hello fingerprint data, for user that no longer exists on the computer?

I have a similar problem which still persists after resetting TPM and reinstalling the OS completely... However, some people have reported success after deleting the file inside C:\\Windows\...
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HTTP client certificate var in nginx is blank?

Without specifying ssl_verify_client anywhere, your server is not asking the client for a certificate. That means there is none. You need to set it to either on (certificate required), optional (...
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Windows 10 fingerprint login changes default login method back to password

I was surprised about all the answers with registry solutions. But you ony need the registry for the right credential providers and its CLSID. It's much better and easier to use the local group ...
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Windows 10 fingerprint login changes default login method back to password

There is a way to force Windows 10 to default to the Windows Hello Fingerprint Login screen, regardless of the previous login method (password or PIN). The idea is to prevent the system from changing ...
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How can I block HTML Canvas fingerprinting in Firefox via permissions?

The setting you are looking for is privacy.resistFingerprinting. Though be aware that setting this to true also renders some websites that heavily utilize the canvas defunct (in my experience this ...
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windows 10 fingerprint: sorry, something went wrong

If you've followed all the suggestions online, such as at Help Desk Geek, but to no avail, here are a couple of other thoughts: Windows Updates have, on occasion, caused the fingerprint reader to ...
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How to use fingerprint reader to unlock password protected GPG key?

Although passwords can be used for both authentication and encryption, that does not hold true for all methods of authentication. Decryption is reversing a transformation done based on some (secret) ...
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Is it safe to push a git repository with SSH to a server instance?

Yes this is safe to run, provided you have enough trust in the new host to put your code in it. The SSH connection will be used by your local git executable, so its not like the server can do weird ...
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How to Verify Fingerprint of a .gpg File

Welcome Tando to Superuser, You can check the fingerprint of the pubic key in the keyring with the following command: gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg -...
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x-gzip token in accept encoding header

It's legitimate (well, it used to be legitimate) in both usage and specification. x- is a common prefix for nonstandard (or "not yet standard") identifiers, often explicitly allowed by ...
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Fingerprint sensor disabled by Windows 10 update 1803

Got it. I had to edit the registry with regedit, open the folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System and add a new DWord key with name AllowDomainPINLogon and value ...
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Tor Browser: How to disable NAG “…attempted to extract HTML5 canvas…”

Go to about:config Look for privacy.resistFingerprinting.autoDeclineNoUserInputCanvasPrompts Set it to True
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New to powershell and my foreach keeps failing. Trying to iterate over a list of cert files but it fails. Probably simple

Of course... so simple. Answer: $cert.Import($certGetList + "\" + $_) Somehow, it loses the origin of the object and tries to find the relative file locally, instead of on the network share. I ...
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Windows 10 fingerprint login changes default login method back to password

To add onto Durfee's answer, here is the line you need for a batch file to constantly have the setting changed to what you want. reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\...
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How to remove windows hello fingerprint data, for user that no longer exists on the computer?

Windows Powershell(Administrator) stop-service WbioSrvc Delete all files under:C:\Windows\System32\WinBioDatabase\ start-service WbioSrvc why stop the service, there could be a file lock and than you ...
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