The premier sensors enabling Windows Hello fingerprint authentication are not as secure as manufacturers had hoped. Researchers have discovered security flaws in a number of fingerprint sensors used ...

We weren’t able to set up your PIN. Sometimes it helps to try again or you can skip for now and do this later. For more information on errors during PIN setup: https://aka.ms/PINErrors For additional ...

When you try to add the PIN method to Windows Hello on a Windows 11/10 PC, you might receive an error code 0x801c004d. Again, at other times, if you try to use your ...

A growing number of Windows laptops feature fingerprint sensors with support for Microsoft’s Windows Hello technology. The idea is to let users login quickly by tapping a finger against the sensor ...

If your computer has the right hardware, accessing it using your face or your fingerprint can be more secure than traditional ...

Security researchers have found flaws in the way laptop manufacturers are implementing fingerprint authentication. Security researchers have found flaws in the way laptop manufacturers are ...

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 ...

Modern Windows PCs often include some kind of biometric hardware, mainly in the form of facial recognition (using infrared cameras) or fingerprint scanning. Both of these features let you use Windows ...