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Biometrics instead of Primary Password

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Hello, I was wondering if there's any implementation or plan to implement biometrics I.e Windows Hello, to unlock passwords in lieu of the primary password for Firefox desktop. What I'm envisioning is when I start the browser, instead of entering in my Primary Password, I could unlock that "vault" with a fingerprint reader instead of typing my primary password. I am aware of the functionality to use Windows Hello to lock access to alter/view the passwords, what I'm talking about is unlocking basically the autofill feature that currently requires primary password, much like what already exists on Firefox mobile.

Hello, I was wondering if there's any implementation or plan to implement biometrics I.e Windows Hello, to unlock passwords in lieu of the primary password for Firefox desktop. What I'm envisioning is when I start the browser, instead of entering in my Primary Password, I could unlock that "vault" with a fingerprint reader instead of typing my primary password. I am aware of the functionality to use Windows Hello to lock access to alter/view the passwords, what I'm talking about is unlocking basically the autofill feature that currently requires primary password, much like what already exists on Firefox mobile.

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