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Researchers are able to create fake fingerprints that result in a 20% false-positive rate. The problem is that these sensors obtain only partial images of users' fingerprints -- at the points...
Artificial intelligence can be used to 'grow' fake fingerprints that pack in common features, fooling scanners.
This is a fun steganographic application: hiding a message in a fingerprint image. Can't see any real use for it, but that's okay....
Two former Wendy’s employees want to know what the company does with employee fingerprints collected by biometric clocks.
The UK Metropolitan Police Service -- the Met, the UK's largest police force and one of the largest in the world -- has introduced a new portable fingerprint scanner. This is not the first...
New fingerprint sensor detects both tactile pressure and skin temperature to unlock smartphone, according to Nature Communications.
The Tapplock one “smart” padlock, which received many rave reviews by tech-focused news sites and YouTubers, can be forced to open in under two seconds with a smartphone. The discovery was made by...
Worker time-keeping system at center of biometric privacy legal battle in the US A former employee at a nursing home is alleging the company and its equipment provider violated the US state of...
Biometric authentication may be more convenient than passwords, and harder for hackers to duplicate, but how much protection does it offer from the law?
Police in the UK were able to read a fingerprint from a photo of a hand: Staff from the unit's specialist imaging team were able to enhance a picture of a hand holding a number of tablets, which...