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ZimengXiong / tinyTouch

tinyTouch

authenticate, sudo, login with your fingerprint wire(less)ly without having to spend $149 at the cost of some security

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What it is

authenticate, sudo, login with your fingerprint wire(less)ly without having to spend $149 at the cost of some security

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by 6-hour interval7 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-08-04 02:48:00 UTC to 2026-08-11 15:28:06 UTC.

01232026-08-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-04 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsAug 4, 00:002026-08-04 06:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-04 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-04 12:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-04 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-04 18:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-05 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-05 06:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-05 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-05 12:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-05 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-08-05 18:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-06 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-06 06:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-06 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-06 12:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-06 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2026-08-06 18:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-07 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-07 06:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-07 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-07 12:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-07 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-07 18:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsAug 7, 18:002026-08-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-08 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-08 06:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-08 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-08 12:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-08 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-08 18:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-09 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-09 06:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-09 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-09 12:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-09 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-09 18:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-10 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-10 06:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-10 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-10 12:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-10 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-10 18:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-11 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-11 06:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-11 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-11 12:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-11 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsAug 11, 12:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Aug 4, 00:002026-08-04 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-04 06:00:00 UTC110
Aug 4, 06:002026-08-04 06:00:00 UTC2026-08-04 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 4, 12:002026-08-04 12:00:00 UTC2026-08-04 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 4, 18:002026-08-04 18:00:00 UTC2026-08-05 00:00:00 UTC110
Aug 5, 00:002026-08-05 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-05 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 5, 06:002026-08-05 06:00:00 UTC2026-08-05 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 5, 12:002026-08-05 12:00:00 UTC2026-08-05 18:00:00 UTC101
Aug 5, 18:002026-08-05 18:00:00 UTC2026-08-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 6, 00:002026-08-06 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-06 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 6, 06:002026-08-06 06:00:00 UTC2026-08-06 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 6, 12:002026-08-06 12:00:00 UTC2026-08-06 18:00:00 UTC303
Aug 6, 18:002026-08-06 18:00:00 UTC2026-08-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 7, 00:002026-08-07 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-07 06:00:00 UTC000
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Aug 7, 12:002026-08-07 12:00:00 UTC2026-08-07 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 7, 18:002026-08-07 18:00:00 UTC2026-08-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 8, 00:002026-08-08 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-08 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 8, 06:002026-08-08 06:00:00 UTC2026-08-08 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 8, 12:002026-08-08 12:00:00 UTC2026-08-08 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 8, 18:002026-08-08 18:00:00 UTC2026-08-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 9, 00:002026-08-09 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-09 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 9, 06:002026-08-09 06:00:00 UTC2026-08-09 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 9, 12:002026-08-09 12:00:00 UTC2026-08-09 18:00:00 UTC000
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Aug 10, 00:002026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-10 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 10, 06:002026-08-10 06:00:00 UTC2026-08-10 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 10, 12:002026-08-10 12:00:00 UTC2026-08-10 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 10, 18:002026-08-10 18:00:00 UTC2026-08-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 11, 00:002026-08-11 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-11 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 11, 06:002026-08-11 06:00:00 UTC2026-08-11 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 11, 12:002026-08-11 12:00:00 UTC2026-08-11 18:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

7 sources
toomuchtodo·Aug 11, 2026
Fully open stack hardware video streamer, think open source Roku or AppleTV. Same for Airplay for audio. This enables open source digital sovereignty end to end for streaming media, with Jellyfin today and whatever the open media server streaming landscape looks like in the future. Hardware authenticator to wave for access based on vein print biometrics. Similar to https://github.com/ZimengXiong/TinyTouch Open source library management system for books and other media that supports federation with other instances. What books and media do I have? What books and media do I want? What books and media do others have and are potentially willing to lend out? How does this reconcile with OpenLibrary and Anna’s Archive? Bonus points if I can associate links to the digital versions of the physical media. Open source Spotify like music desktop int
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erface like Zotero. Drag to add music, autoclassified by MusicBrainz, uploaded to an S3 compatible target or whatever else rclone’s library supports. Support importing with yt-dlp and libtorrent. Ability to create and share playlists in an open format.
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