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 ...

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 ...

Security researchers at a German security firm, SySS, have shown that the Windows Hello facial recognition can be tricked by using specially prepared printouts of photographs. Microsoft added an ...

Video: To shield your files from ransomware, check Windows 10 new security feature. Security researchers are urging Windows 10 users to update their systems to prevent attackers from using a printed ...

The latest Windows 10 privacy freak out involves Windows Hello accessing your webcam even if you disabled your webcam in privacy settings. You might think that people who setup Windows Hello to work ...

Windows 10 has a lot of great features in it, but one in particular requires new hardware: Windows 10’s Hello biometric login and authentication system. If you don’t have a fingerprint sensor or ...

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

Windows 10’s facial-recognition technology, Windows Hello, has been the great white whale of Microsoft’s new operating system: Microsoft has demonstrated it, but rarely has anyone been able to see it ...

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 ...

Yep, you can log in to your Windows laptop by looking at the webcam using Windows Hello. Here's how to set it up. Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and ...

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