So, my wife has an Asus laptop from a few years back that has an IR and web camera integrated and it has Windows Hello enabled so she or I can simply turn it on/wake it from sleep and it 'looks' at ...

Biometric authentication is a key piece of the tech industry’s plans to make the world password-less. But a new method for duping Microsoft’s Windows Hello facial-recognition system shows that a ...

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

A Windows security bug would allow an attacker to fool a USB camera used in the biometric facial-recognition aspect of the system. A vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows 10 password-free ...

Windows 11 update KB5055523 causes issues with Windows Hello facial recognition. Infrared face scans are impacted by the update, leading to login errors and difficulties. Disabling the RGB camera may ...

Researchers show how to circumvent Microsoft’s Windows Hello biometric authentication using a spoofed USB camera. LAS VEGAS – Microsoft Windows 10 biometric user authentication systems Windows Hello ...

Smartphones have been using biometric authentication like fingerprints and faces long before those became more common on laptops and even desktops. Microsoft's Windows Hello framework is its attempt ...

Windows Hello is an excellent feature. It lets Windows users use fingerprint, facial recognition, and other biometric details to login into Windows devices. Still ...

Passwords are often a weak point in security, which is why approaches like Microsoft Hello that provide a passwordless approach to authentication are becoming increasingly popular. While the promise ...

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