Like most (if not all) Hackaday readers, I like to know how the technology I use works. I’m always amazed, for example, how many otherwise smart people have no idea how the cellphone network works ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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Need to unlock your phone in the rain? Your next one might have a fingerprint sensor that can do just that. New sensors, which Qualcomm unveiled on Wednesday, have an ultrasonic scanner that can read ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You have private information that you want to keep, well, private, and that's definitely true when it comes to things that are on ...

DigitalPersona plans to announce on Tuesday a fingerprint scanner for laptops and handhelds that doubles as a jog dial. The desktop security company plans to sell the scanner, named the U-are-U ...

Google has a rather interesting idea that combines both facial scanning and fingerprint scanner. In the future, the Pixel 6 series smartphones may be able to scan your face in order to improve ...

A growing number of Hawaii public schools are using finger-scanning technology to speed up lunch lines. Some parents may not ...

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 ...

With a fingerprint and a quick iris scan, passengers flying out of Los Angeles International Airport can now confirm their identity biometrically and avoid at least part of the airport’s security ...