Your phone isn't the only device that accepts a fingerprint log-in. Your computer will also let you verify your identity with your finger or even your face.

The fingerprint scanners on those laptops, though, are built for custom Windows security applications. There is, however, a relatively easy way to enroll your fingers and log in with them in Ubuntu.

Toshiba and Identix announced the release of the Toshiba PC Card Fingerprint Reader, which will allow users to log on to their Toshiba laptops by placing afinger in the device.

Samsung’s Flow app recently got an update that allows users of Android devices to unlock and log in to a Windows 10 PC. The update makes use of the fingerprint scanner found on Galaxy S6, S7 and ...

Even if someone were to capture your fingerprint, face, or PIN, they would only be able to use it to log into your Windows Hello-enabled PC and wouldn’t be able to access your Microsoft account.

Synaptics builds a fingerprint reader right into its trackpads [Updated] Because why not put a fingerprint reader somewhere your fingers already are?

All that could change this week when IBM introduces a fingerprint reader built into its newest ThinkPad laptop, the ThinkPad T42. A finger scan is required to gain log-on access to the portable ...

by Gerd Altmann Google announced that it would be possible to use biometric authentication such as fingerprint authentication instead of entering a password when using various services. At the ...

For instance, Apple’s fingerprint technology was compromised just two days after the launch of Touch ID (integrated into the iPhone 5S) in 2013.

Apple's addition of a fingerprint reader in its latest smartphone, the iPhone 5S, is part of its strategy to double down on device security.

So Apple has announced that it’s building a fingerprint reader into its new flagship smartphone, the iPhone 5s, calling that technology Touch ID. Here’s what you need to know about it.