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 ...

Clinicians may soon be able to use the sweat from a fingerprint to determine whether a tuberculosis patient has taken the proper antibiotics. This new method aims to improve the treatment of ...

Fingerprint sensors have been around for quite some time, and they’ve become a standard feature in most smartphones. Apple introduced Touch ID on the iPhone 5s in 2013. Since then, it has appeared on ...

Researchers demonstrated that fingerprints could be cloned for biometric authentication for as little as $5 without using any sophisticated or uncommon tools. Although fingerprint-based biometric ...

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Using fingerprints as a form of identification has been used since the reign of Hammurabi in ancient Babylon. Nearly 4,000 years later, fingerprints are still a vital form of identity authentication, ...

Once you have enabled fingerprint sensor shortcuts, you can use them by double-tapping the fingerprint sensor. For example, if you have enabled the flashlight shortcut, double-tapping the fingerprint ...

Two Tennessee lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow fingerprint technology to be used for voter identification purposes, potentially adding an unprecedented level of vetting in the U.S. as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fingerprints are those little ridges on the tips of your fingers. They’re essentially folds of the outer layer of skin, the ...

Fingerprints are unique, and most law enforcement agencies rely upon them to identify people. But how did that practice get started? A Facebook post claims it was after two nearly identical men were ...