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Iris

Iris is an open-source facial authentication system for Linux, designed for Ubuntu, GNOME, and Wayland. It uses infrared recognition with PAM integration for GDM login, screen unlock, sudo, and PolKit prompts. Iris offers an animated interface, encrypted templates, configurable settings, and…

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Facts

Published: 18 Sep 2026 (18 Sep 2026)
Medium: web
Language: English (the page says so itself)
First seen: 27 Sep 2026, 04:11 UTC

Built with

Claude Code: confirmed
the agent's own trailer in the repository's commit history

What we can see

77 hygiene score

Certificate issued by YR1, 75 days remaining
Cookie attributes no cookies set
Credentials and payment does not ask for either
Strict transport security set
Served over HTTPS
Mail authentication neither published
No insecure resources
Redirects none
Security headers 0 of 5 set
Third-party origins 1
Transport security TLS 1.3

Observed 15 Oct 2026 by fetching the page as a browser would. This describes hygiene and transparency, not safety: a missing header does not make a site dangerous, and a complete set does not make it trustworthy.

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27 Sep 2026 first indexed

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