A fingerprint scanner is a small electronic device that guards your computer from intruders. You place your fingertip on the reader; it scans your fingerprint and compares it to the prints stored in ...

Now that they're in smartphones, fingerprint scanners seem to be everywhere, but what's really going on behind the scenes when they're scanned?

Sick of always forgetting your login credentials? Windows Hello is a security feature that lets you ditch passwords and pins for facial or fingerprint recognition.

Has Apple managed the fine line between security and convenience? Some security experts aren't so sure. John Caspar, Hamburg commissioner for data protection and freedom of information, told German ...

It seems like under-display ultrasonic fingerprint scanners will be available on a lot more Android phones moving forward. Why? Well, Goodix unveiled its ultrasonic fingerprint scanner, and that’s a ...

Open a gate or unlock your bike at just the press of a finger with Tapplock One+. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The combination lock you used in school is a dinosaur now. It’s been replaced with much ...

From left: Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, PWPD Chief Robert Del Muro and Detective Anthony Guzzello review the new digital fingerprint scanner funded by the County. (Photo courtesy of ...

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The Utah DPS has approved Bayometric’s Live Scan Fingerprinting System, empowering organizations to submit fingerprints ...

Google's Pixel smartphones seem to have had an uncomfortable relationship with in-screen fingerprint scanners for a while now. Late last year, soon after the release of the Google Pixel 6 and the ...

Three quarters of police forces in England and Wales now have access to mobile fingerprint scanners issued by the Home Office, new data reveals. In total, 28 of 43 police forces have started using the ...