Fingerprint sensors have been around for quite some time, and they’ve become a standard feature in most smartphones. Apple introduced Touch ID on the iPhone 5s in 2013. Since then, it has appeared on ...

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 ...

Researchers demonstrated that fingerprints could be cloned for biometric authentication for as little as $5 without using any sophisticated or uncommon tools. Although fingerprint-based biometric ...

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?

Fingerprint unlocking, with all its flaws and sensitivities, is an increasingly popular way to unlock your smartphone. That method is headed to your front door, too. Smart locks are beginning to ...

Biometric locks like face recognition are convenient to set up—but because of a legal loophole, law enforcement can bypass them more easily than a traditional passcode.

Once you have enabled fingerprint sensor shortcuts, you can use them by double-tapping the fingerprint sensor. For example, if you have enabled the flashlight shortcut, double-tapping the fingerprint ...

For decades, the use of fingerprints to authenticate users to computers, networks, and restricted areas was (with a few notable exceptions) mostly limited to large and well-resourced organizations ...