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Biometric authorization

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yourinaldo
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Hi! I am trying to have a biometric authorization with touch ID on Mac, and it says on the website that the option should pop up when i go to the password settings, but it doesn't, and I don't know how to do it otherwise, or if I should use an extension for example. I find this feature very useful to keep my infos private! Thank you in advance and have a good day!

Hi! I am trying to have a biometric authorization with touch ID on Mac, and it says on the website that the option should pop up when i go to the password settings, but it doesn't, and I don't know how to do it otherwise, or if I should use an extension for example. I find this feature very useful to keep my infos private! Thank you in advance and have a good day!

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yourinaldo
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Hi! Thank you for your response. I saw this here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/set-passcode-and-touch-id-firefox

cor-el
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That article is about using Biometrics on a mobile device running iOS, as such devices support this kind of authorization.

This is still not supported on desktop devices.

  • 1536482 - Web Authentication - Support macOS Touch ID

Some bugs on Core::DOM: Web Authentication still need to be resolved to finish this work.

(please do not comment in bug reports
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html)

James
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yourinaldo said
Hi! Thank you for your response. I saw this here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/set-passcode-and-touch-id-firefox

iOS is the mobile OS used on iPhones and older iPads as newer ones uses the similar iPadOS.

Mac's uses macOS as the OS.