The fun part of security audits is that everybody knows that they’re a good thing, and also that they’re rarely performed prior to another range of products being shoved into the market. This would ...

A growing number of Windows laptops feature fingerprint sensors with support for Microsoft’s Windows Hello technology. The idea is to let users login quickly by tapping a finger against the sensor ...

I'm not too concerned. The fingerprint reader on my work-issued Thinkpad is absolutely fucking worthless and is never able to identify me, so it won't do an attacker much good if they manage to add ...

A group of researchers has been able to bypass Windows Hello's fingerprint authentication. The researchers made the discovery while running tests on Dell, Lenovo, and Microsoft laptops. Goodix, ...

In brief: Microsoft and other tech giants are encouraging a general pivot toward biometrics – generally considered more secure than typical passwords. However, research has repeatedly shown that ...

Touch ID Gen 1 never worked for me well, but Touch ID Gen 2 is flawless. I'm looking for something that good. I got something from Amazon for $25, but I'm returning it because it doesn't work ...

A group of researchers have proven that Microsoft's Windows Hello fingerprint authentication isn't as strong as the company might have thought. This isn't the first time that we've seen Windows ...

Microsoft is rolling out the first firmware update ever for the recently-launched Surface Laptop Go. The update improves performance for the fingerprint reader and addresses stability issues.