Back in October, we ran a story about a rumor that suggested Samsung may by-pass a fingerprint scanner and jump, instead, directly to an eye scanner to authenticate its smartphone owner, although ...

Some of the nation’s largest banks, acknowledging that traditional passwords are either too cumbersome or no longer secure, are increasingly using fingerprints, facial scans and other types of ...

Biometric eye scanning holds the potential to offer tighter security than what passwords or fingerprint biometric scanning can provide. As of the time of publication, fingerprint scanning was the ...

Bankers may have to put pitfalls in facial recognition higher on their priority list, and the concerns are as much societal as technical. Last week t he American Civil Liberties Union demanded that ...

Eye scanners have long been the stuff of sci-fi and action flicks, safeguarding everything from classified data to secret lairs. Soon, though, they’ll be used in the real world to protect something ...

Remembering passwords can be a headache; instead, why not log into your computer with a scan of your eye? The hardware and software to make iris scanning a key feature is now reaching smartphones and ...

Let’s all give thanks for selfies. Not because they’ve given the vain something to occupy their time, but because without them, we wouldn’t be on the cusp of unlocking our phones merely by looking at ...

If you are eager to see the end of passwords, then you might be pleased by biometric solutions being touted as enhancing privacy and security. New authentication solutions being shown off at World ...

Apple has gone with facial recognition for the iPhone X, but researchers reckon their new cardiac-scan authentication system is even more resilient to spoofing attacks. Researchers have developed a ...

A small sensor at the top of the phone briefly images your unique eye features to securely log you in. This is the second in a three-part series reviewing Samsung’s important new Note 7 smartphone.