What else can a fingerprint scanner for a laptop besides LogIn into a Windows system?

Question

Iron

Good time toasters and toasters!
The crux of the issue is in the title. And so I tend to: enter sites (chosen by me) using a fingerprint, instead of entering a password and / or the ability to use in Putty, WinSCP .
ps I have a thinkpad for example (my model comes without this scanner, but supports it as an option)
pss I am also considering writing for this necessary software, if it is possible in principle

Answer 1

As an alternative to fingerprints, you can use YubiKey or any other device that supports FIDO U2F
Here is a selection of resources that support various types of authentication:
https://twofactorauth.org/
https://github.com/2factorauth/twofactorauth
Here are brief overviews of various tokens:
https: //github.com/hillbrad/U2FReviews
https://www.yubico.com/products/yubikey-hardware/