[PoC] Add biometrics authentication method #9681
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Port of #6557
The new authentication method is called
biometrics
because this is how bitwarden calls it.In practice it's an interface to Windows Hello, and more specifically the Windows.Security.Credentials.KeyCredential API.
To quote the docs:
That means that the parsec device key file becomes protected by the machine TPM which gets unlocked by either facial recognition, fingerprint recognition, or PIN code.
The
is_biometrics_available
function is exposed to specifically check those requirements.This PR also adds the
parsec device change-authentication
method for testing purposes.Logging using the biometrics access strategy is also supported in the electron app, but it's not yet available when saving a new device. In practice it would make sense to use
biometrics
when available and fall back tokeyring
if necessary, without exposing both to the user.