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.

From Disney World to the smartphone in your pocket, fingerprint scanners have become commonplace these days. Even budget phones sport the tech, sometimes alongside other biometric unlocking options ...

Every human on earth has a different fingerprint. Therefore, there is no denying that fingerprint scanners on smartphone should be one of the most secured ways of keeping private data away from a ...

The Washington County school system in Florida believes it has come up with the best way to take attendance. Ditching the typical roll call, the school system will use fingerprint scanners that log ...

That joke might seem like a bad one, but it kinda fits when we talk of fingerprint scanners on smartphones. They started from the bottom after all, and now seem to have reached their home (or so we ...

Despite what every spy movie in the past 30 years would have you think, fingerprint and face scanners used to unlock your smartphone or other devices aren’t nearly as secure as they’re made out to be.

Fulcrum Biometrics signed a global distribution agreement with SMUFS Biometric Solutions (SBS), an Israeli company that provides biometric hardware, software and related mobile technologies. Under the ...

Gone are the days when fingerprint scanners were limited to only the top-of-the-line smartphones. These days, phones priced as low as $100, come equipped with a fingerprint scanner to authenticate ...

A university in China has found a new way to get students to show up for class: install fingerprint scanners in the classroom. The successful, if controversial, effort began last month at Hunan ...

Kojak fingerprint scanners from Integrated Biometrics are playing a major role in the enrollment of citizens for Ethiopia's ...

IONIA, Mich. (WOOD) – The Ionia County Sheriff’s office is quelling privacy concerns over a new crime-fighting tool using fingerprints. The department is one of two West Michigan agencies with a new ...

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 ...