Norwegian startup Zwipe is marketing a new passive Near Field Communication (NFC) RFID access-control card that incorporates a fingerprint scanner to authenticate an individual before the card ...

readers, and the two leaders will jointly promote the new family of products. “Our agreement with Bioscrypt is significant because it addresses the growing demand we see for biometrics in access ...

ID verification technology supplier Bioscrypt has chosen a fingerprint sensor from UPEK for use in its physical access control readers, bringing the reader into FIPS 201 compliance. Bioscrypt still ...

If you live in a dry environment, you know what it’s like to watch all the ridges in your fingers turn white from lack of moisture. Your skin might crack, or catch on your clothes, or flake. It ...

GeoVision, a Taiwanese fingerprint scanner, access control, and surveillance tech manufacturer, fixed critical vulnerabilities in their devices that could be abused by hackers and nation-state threat ...

Biometric security, at least in theory, has been around for a decade. But the use of biometrics for computer security and user authentication has failed to attract much practical interest to date ...

A newly published patent application details a TV remote that could respond differently to separate people based on a scan of their fingerprint or eye. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer ...

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 ...