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v is based on an open-source technology known as WebAuthn. The developers can easily sign into an application with biometric authentication methods and hardware security keys. It enables software development teams to integrate passwordless login capabilities more effectively into apps. The company v offers a programming framework with the same name. The company also offers an enterprise version that includes additional features, such as a tool that ensures whether workers are using strong passwords to log in to the company’s systems. The application has almost a million consumers across the world. The acquired startup helps other ventures to add passwordless login features to their application.īitwarden, based in Santa Barbara, California, provides one of the industry’s most popular password managers.

The platform is free until March 31, but some features will become available as part of paid plans post that.Ĭybersecurity provider Bitwarden Inc.

The acquired platform v helps developers enable users to sign into an application with biometric authentication methods and hardware security keys.

That way I don't have to always click Unlock with biometrics.

Conversely, when I click on the browser extension button, I always want to unlock it, so I think there should be an option to always prompt Windows Hello if biometrics were setup.

Therefore, I do not need or want to have the desktop app unlocked.

Many of us use only the browser extension and only installed the desktop app so biometrics would work. I don't know if this is intentional, but if it is I think this should be made optional. The desktop app always seems to prompt Windows Hello automatically upon startup.Finally, if your computer does not currently have a fingerprint reader or fancy facial recognition camera, you can buy a USB fingerprint reader for your computer from Amazon etc for around $30.

The exe version downloaded from the Bitwarden website does work. The browser extension does not recognize that browser integration is enabled.

Using the Windows Store app version of the desktop app does not seem to work.

For biometric login on browser extension, the desktop app needs to be installed, running, and connected to your Bitwarden account, but the vault can remain locked.

I have tried biometrics login using Windows Hello, and here are my results for anyone considering using it: