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boltgolt / howdy

🛡️ Windows Hello™ style facial authentication for Linux
MIT License
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Can we use howdy to LOCK a screen rather than unlock it? #897

Closed BillyCroan closed 7 months ago

BillyCroan commented 8 months ago

Follow me here. I'm happy using passwords. And I want to increase security. When I log in, I'd like howdy to take note of what I look like that day. And keep the camera on while I'm using the computer. watch me continuously. if I leave the frame at all, run a command. if I'm gone for more than x seconds, run another command. I'll use those commands to start a screen locker.

When I come back I will unlock via password. But this keeps me secure, even if I forget to lock my screen.

I might set the first command to play a small beep and run xtrlock. if I return to camera view before x seconds has elapsed, then kill xtrlock or cause it to unlock. but after x seconds, the normal screensaver starts, and howdy can exit.

When the screensaver unlocks, howdy starts up again and the cycle repeats.

saidsay-so commented 8 months ago

It doesn't work like that, Howdy can only be used for locking.