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 ...

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 ...

Biometric technology has been around for more than a decade with little fanfare. However, interest is heating up for biometric security devices in communications. Iris scanners, voice recognition ...

In the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and the ouster of the Afghan national government, alarming reports indicate that the insurgents could potentially access biometric data collected by the ...

In-display fingerprint scanners on smartphones have been around for a few years now. Ultrasonic and optical scanners are two technologies with both serving the same purpose of biometric authentication ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

Giving the finger -- so to speak -- to Apple's Touch ID feature may unlock the iPhone 5s and allow users to authorize purchases on iTunes, but whether the fingerprint scanning technology will push ...

Just a few years ago, the thought of employees being able to "punch in" at work using their fingerprint seemed like pure science fiction. Today, fingerprint-based biometrics is widely used as a go-to ...

If you are trying to register a scan, ensure your fingers are clean and dry so the sensors can detect a clear scan. If it fails to work, you may need to remove any traces of the previous fingerprints ...