Why is the bitwarden app needed for the plugin to use windows hello?

[anon69188661]

I was wondering, why does Bitwarden (and probably others) need to make the Bitwarden app to use windows hello integration?
Doesn’t chrome support this directly to chrome-plugins devs?

[Peter_H]

See here:

Biometric authentication without full desktop app

At the current moment its really about access levels and APIs to Hello/Touch ID - the desktop app is the most reliable way to connect to those APIs vs. browser-based integration. Though, there is a point in having the desktop be the ‘central station’ for convenience - but that is more of this feature. We’ll see how the browsers progress with support for Biometrics, though!

About Trey: Back then he was working for Bitwarden.

[anon69188661]

Thanks! It’s sad to see that browser have yet to adopt the standard to allow biometrics to be used to authenticate, but i’m sure it’s something they are working on for sure