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

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 ...

Q: What’s Windows Hello, and should I be using it? A: If you’re like most computer users, getting into your PC involves typing in a password or maybe even a PIN. Windows Hello is akin to what most of ...

Windows Hello has seen a minor downgrade this week, as the service now requires the use of a color camera in tandem with IR sensors to sign users in. While the update was announced back in April, ...

If you have a Windows Hello-compatible device with facial recognition, such as the Surface Pro 11 or a third-party webcam with an IR scanner, you might encounter a problem with biometric ...

The most recent security innovation by Microsoft allows you to generate passkeys on Windows 11, which do not use passwords at all. This technology is a revolutionary authentication tool that involves ...

Bottom line: For Microsoft, which has promoted Windows Hello as part of its broader push to phase out passwords, new research highlights that biometric logins are only as secure as the systems that ...