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Locking + unlocking my PC with a BLE-device? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I like Apple's feature to unlock a Mac-laptop automatically when the user is wearing their Apple Watch.

I bought a Bluetooth-Low-Energy capable smart watch and want to integrate it into Gnome/ Linux in general.
I want to set a minimum signal strength to lock my device when leaving the room and automatically skip typing my password when having my hands next to it.

BUT, I shouldn't have to pair it directly with normal BT, since that would kick out my phone and kill it's battery very fast.

Sadly, I couldn't find any software that does that. There's only super old stuff (>10 years abandoned) or stuff that doesn't work and has no userbase.

I also couldn't find any Gnome extensions.

Do you have any idea how to implement that?

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[–] piranhaphish 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used BlueProximity for a number of years and it was great.

It eventually became defunct, but that link appears to be a fork to bring it somewhat up to date. I have not tested this new version though since I work from home now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I will check that out!

I just saw the original project that was abandoned and didn't know there was a fork.

Would you recommend installing the AppImage or shall I use another approach, like AUR in Distrobox, COPR, etc.?