In fraud and bot detection, people usually think of fingerprinting as the classic browser or device fingerprint. This comes ...

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 ...

University of Surrey provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Fingerprints have provided key evidence in countless cases of serious crime. But there are still some situations in ...

Each individual's fingerprints are unique—the tiny loops, ridges and whorls on the epidermis are even more distinctive than a person's DNA and are one of the best ways we have of identifying a person ...

Passwords are crap. Nobody picks good ones, when they do they re-use them across sites, and if you use even a trustworthy password manager, they’ll get hacked too. But you know what’s worse than a ...

Biometrics is a technology that uses a human’s biological features, such as facial characteristics, fingerprint patterns, retina, DNA or behaviors (voice and signature) to authenticate a person’s ...

Fingerprints are one-of-a-kind and that’s precisely why fingerprint sensors have become such a popular mode of security in modern day devices, from smartphones to smart cars. But you don’t need to be ...

Back in December, the Wall Street Journal published my op-ed on reforms to the Visa Waiver Program. In that, I noted the importance of obtaining fingerprints before participants arrive in the United ...