Is it possible to permanently disable the gnome-keyring passphrase?
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Whenever I login using the fingerprint sensor instead of the login password, a popup is displayed from 
This is quite annoying, because it steals the focus, and doesn't let you do anything else until the password is entered. It won't even let you change the keyboard language, so if you had it in a different language than the password before the reboot, you are screwed. I wasn't even able to take a screenshot of the popup, which is why the quality of the picture is so low - it was from my mobile.
A partial solution to this problem is to set the keyring password to an empty string, by opening the 
But is not a very good solution, because the keyring password keeps being reset, and you have to repeat the same process all over again. I am not sure if this happens on some reboots, or when there has been an update.
So my question is twofold:
1. Am I correct in my thinking that the keyring passphrase doesn't add any security, and is redundant, since the system uses secure boot, with UEFI setting that doesn't allow boot from any other disk without an admin password, LUKS full disk encryption, and there are no other user accounts on the laptop?
2. If (1) is correct, then how can I permanently remove the keyring password, in a way that it doesn't get added automatically again?
### Edit
This question is related, but the answer doesn't offer a workaround: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/393888/why-is-my-no-password-setting-on-my-login-keyring-frequently-reset
### Information requested in the comments
gnome-keyring to enter the login password in order to unlock the various certificates that are stored there.
This is quite annoying, because it steals the focus, and doesn't let you do anything else until the password is entered. It won't even let you change the keyboard language, so if you had it in a different language than the password before the reboot, you are screwed. I wasn't even able to take a screenshot of the popup, which is why the quality of the picture is so low - it was from my mobile.
A partial solution to this problem is to set the keyring password to an empty string, by opening the Passwords and Keys app (type keyring into the search bar), and using the menu as below:
But is not a very good solution, because the keyring password keeps being reset, and you have to repeat the same process all over again. I am not sure if this happens on some reboots, or when there has been an update.
So my question is twofold:
1. Am I correct in my thinking that the keyring passphrase doesn't add any security, and is redundant, since the system uses secure boot, with UEFI setting that doesn't allow boot from any other disk without an admin password, LUKS full disk encryption, and there are no other user accounts on the laptop?
2. If (1) is correct, then how can I permanently remove the keyring password, in a way that it doesn't get added automatically again?
### Edit
This question is related, but the answer doesn't offer a workaround: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/393888/why-is-my-no-password-setting-on-my-login-keyring-frequently-reset
### Information requested in the comments
$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS"
VERSION_ID="20.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/ "
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/ "
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ "
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy "
VERSION_CODENAME=focal
UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal$ echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
ubuntu:GNOME$ cat /usr/share/gnome/gnome-version.xml
3
36
8
Ubuntu
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Asked by user000001
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Dec 30, 2021, 10:25 AM
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