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Fingerprint Mouse (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by CommandIndependent61@alien.top to c/pcmods@hardware.watch

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I have a Logitech G Pro wireless mouse. I love it. It's smooth, comfortable, lights up and works with all my OSes. I also have a ThinkPad T-something-or-other. It has a fingerprint sensor with Windows Hello. I also love that. I want to make something where I combine a thin fingerprint reader with my mouse to use on my PC, so that signing in will be easy for mw and hard for others.

I know that this is far-fetched, but:

Is this possible?
If so, How?

PSA: I don't plan on dremmeling away at my lovely G Pro, ill get a doner mouse obviously

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[–] tomytronics@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I've taken apart a few old laptops. Most of the fingerprint reader is an entire board and circuitry in a small package with 4 conductor cable to the motherboard. If it is USB, OP could shove a fingerprint scanner inside the mouse but OP would also need to add an USB hub to connect the mouse and fingerprint reader to one cable going to the computer.

EDIT: disregard below paragraph, I missed the part about wireless. I've never seen a wireless fingerprint scanner

Not hard to do though, it depends on how much space is inside and how careful OP can be for wiring them up and mounting the reader so it can read without making ugly cutout