Why grapple with passwords and PINs to sign into Windows when you can more easily turn to facial or fingerprint recognition? Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to ...

Microsoft is making signing on to a website with a Windows 11 device easier. As revealed in a recent Insider Preview Build for Windows 11, via The Verge, Microsoft is pairing the new passkey standard ...

Windows 11, the latest operating system from Microsoft, comes with several new features and improvements. One of the most notable new features is Windows Hello, which allows you to log in to your ...

With the pandemic undermining traditional work structures and forcing many employees to work from home, many of us have developed an interest in on-the-go working methods. Some people use smartphones ...

Are you frustrated that your fingerprint works to log into Windows 11/10, but gets rejected by the UAC when trying to install an app or make any changes? If so, we understand how bothersome it can be, ...

Keeping your computer secure is necessary. This is true for older systems, as well as recent ones. Having a fingerprint scanner, in-built or external, helps take personal system security to the next ...

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 ...

Q: What’s Windows Hello, and should I be using it? A: If you’re like most computer users, getting into your PC involves typing in a password or maybe even a PIN. Windows Hello is akin to what most of ...

I'm not too concerned. The fingerprint reader on my work-issued Thinkpad is absolutely fucking worthless and is never able to identify me, so it won't do an attacker much good if they manage to add ...

A lot of users reported that they were unable to set up Windows Hello’s Fingerprint. The Fingerprint sensor fails to recognize the fingerprint, even though it has already been registered. Due to this, ...

In brief: Microsoft and other tech giants are encouraging a general pivot toward biometrics – generally considered more secure than typical passwords. However, research has repeatedly shown that ...