Biometrics have often been used as a form of access control. While this was initially limited to bank vaults in Hollywood movies, it’s now common to see such features on many laptops and smartphones.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – As more and more smartphones offer fingerprint scanners to unlock the device or approve payments, a new study should give device owners pause. While other methods of fooling ...

Researchers armed with a $2,000 budget and 13 smartphones, laptops, and other devices found it's possible to bypass fingerprint authentication with duplicate prints made on a cheap 3D printer. Their ...

In an incredibly unnerving video, the researchers demonstrate how easily prints lifted off the phone itself can be printed out with an everyday printer and used to unlock the devices. The scariest ...

The fingerprint reader in the Samsung Galaxy S10 has caused a few issues already, such as incompatibility with some types of screen protectors. The in-display scanner uses ultrasound to read the ...

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 ...

X iaomi has launched its new smart lock, the Smart Door Lock M40 Pro, featuring an impressive 12 unlocking methods – ranging ...

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - The Horry County Sheriff’s Office is replacing a decades-old practice with new technology. HCSO just received a $79,081 grant for equipment, and the first thing on their list ...