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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Central Government has recently launched the 'Abhigyan' app. With the help of this app, police and investigative agencies ...

Police launch 'Abhigyan' app for real-time fingerprint scanning, enhancing street-level crime identification and ...

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 ...

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 ...