A fingerprint scanner is a small electronic device that guards your computer from intruders. You place your fingertip on the reader; it scans your fingerprint and compares it to the prints stored in ...

There's something cool about attaching a fingerprint scanner to a Raspberry Pi. It doesn't even have to be keeping something private or sensitive safe; even a fingerprint lock on a simple knick-knacks ...

Fingerprint scanners have now become the de facto biometric security system for many computing devices, especially on smartphones outside of Apple's iPhones. They are often fast, accurate, and cheap ...

Open a gate or unlock your bike at just the press of a finger with Tapplock One+. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The combination lock you used in school is a dinosaur now. It’s been replaced with much ...

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, has some concerns about privacy issues related to the ...

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 ...