SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – As more and more smartphones offer fingerprint scanners to unlock the device or approve payments, a new study should give device owners pause. While other methods of fooling ...

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 ...

At a demonstration in China, a team of hackers working with Tencent used an unorthodox method to unlock a stranger’s smartphone (via South China Morning Post). The team was able to trick the ...

For the biometric industry, the fingerprint represents significant security. Indeed many facilities use fingerprint biometrics for access control to high-security areas, and a few computers are now ...

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 ...