But, @ngraham, the user can just disable their password with
passwd -d $USER
(at least in Fedora) if things like that become annoying. They certainly are for me. If such features aren’t provided, surely users shall just remove their passwords? Many of my friends don’t even have passcodes for their smartphones.
It’s just as easy in Windows too
https://www.howtogeek.com/402283/how-to-remove-your-windows-password/
However, Windows doesn’t request authorization to mount their drives when the user logs in, since the login screen should handle that. On Windows, the user can even disable UAC entirely if they so desire:
So why is this such a ridiculous thing to request?
At the least, if you know, would you tell me the names of the components, so I can put this to the community more broadly to decide?