The Central Government has recently launched the 'Abhigyan' app. With the help of this app, police and investigative agencies ...

Like most (if not all) Hackaday readers, I like to know how the technology I use works. I’m always amazed, for example, how many otherwise smart people have no idea how the cellphone network works ...

Three quarters of police forces in England and Wales now have access to mobile fingerprint scanners issued by the Home Office, new data reveals. In total, 28 of 43 police forces have started using the ...

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 ...

Police launch 'Abhigyan' app for real-time fingerprint scanning, enhancing street-level crime identification and ...

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 ...

Need to unlock your phone in the rain? Your next one might have a fingerprint sensor that can do just that. New sensors, which Qualcomm unveiled on Wednesday, have an ultrasonic scanner that can read ...

DigitalPersona plans to announce on Tuesday a fingerprint scanner for laptops and handhelds that doubles as a jog dial. The desktop security company plans to sell the scanner, named the U-are-U ...

Passengers use a new checkpoint with automated screening lanes at Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Credit: andrew GOMBERT/EPA/REX/Shutterstock The ...

If you are trying to register a scan, ensure your fingers are clean and dry so the sensors can detect a clear scan. If it fails to work, you may need to remove any traces of the previous fingerprints ...

With a fingerprint and a quick iris scan, passengers flying out of Los Angeles International Airport can now confirm their identity biometrically and avoid at least part of the airport’s security ...