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 ...

Biometric security, deemed as the pinnacle of protection, faces a credibility challenge on Windows laptops equipped with the Windows Hello fingerprint authentication system. Recent research conducted ...

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, ...

Windows Hello is one of the best features Microsoft has added to Windows, making it easier to sign in and unlock your PC using biometric data such as facial recognition or a fingerprint sensor. Most ...

Security researchers have found a way to bypass the popular Windows Hello fingerprint authentication technology, after discovering multiple vulnerabilities. Microsoft’s Offensive Research and Security ...

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 ...

Japan’s Mouse Computer has developed add-on biometric sensors that will bring Windows Hello to any PC running Windows 10. Windows Hello is Microsoft’s biometric security system. It allows users to ...

Long ago, I had an Android phone with an early facial recognition sign-in feature… and someone could unlock my phone just by ...

So I'm finally using windows 10 on a regular basis. Along the way I decided to use fingerprint authentication on the device and I was told I needed to create a PIN to do so. A PIN is an "alternate ...

We weren’t able to set up your PIN. Sometimes it helps to try again or you can skip for now and do this later. For more information on errors during PIN setup: https://aka.ms/PINErrors For additional ...

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