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minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·25 days agoSounds more like a way to push Microsoft accounts and Windows Hello than consumer oriented.
minus-squareSpotlight7573@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·25 days agoThe Microsoft accounts are already required (without resorting to increasingly convoluted methods) and I think the hardware for Hello might be too now for OEM built computers, I’m not sure.
minus-squareEvilcoleslaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·25 days agoI mean, technically Windows Hello also includes signing in with a PIN or passkey. It doesn’t require biometrics, although it does support them.
Sounds more like a way to push Microsoft accounts and Windows Hello than consumer oriented.
The Microsoft accounts are already required (without resorting to increasingly convoluted methods) and I think the hardware for Hello might be too now for OEM built computers, I’m not sure.
I mean, technically Windows Hello also includes signing in with a PIN or passkey. It doesn’t require biometrics, although it does support them.