by Pradeep
2 weeks
Microsoft yesterday announced that Windows Hello has achieved FIDO2 certification. With this certification, any compatible device running Windows 10 is now FIDO2 Certified out-of-the-box following the Windows 10 May 2019 update. U...
by Anmol
3 months
W3C proposed the use of Web Authentication APIs back in January, following which companies started working on implementing APIs to allow users to use physical keys to log in on websites and apps. Now, Mozilla is planning to take ...
by Pradeep
6 months
You can now use a security key or Windows Hello to sign in to your Microsoft account on a device running Windows 10 Version 1809 or later and the Microsoft Edge browser. A security key such as YubiKey or Windows Hello compatible f...
by Pradeep
10 months
Microsoft today announced the support for the Web Authentication spec in Microsoft Edge. With this support, Microsoft Edge users will be able to sign in with their face, fingerprint, PIN, or portable FIDO2 devices through Windows...
by Surur
11 months
It took a while for the new generation of swipe-less Windows Hello USB fingerprint readers to hit the market, and a little while longer for them to hit impulse-buy prices, but you can now add Windows Hello support to your Windows ...
by Pradeep
1 year
Microsoft yesterday announced an important milestone in the journey to eliminate passwords. Microsoft is updating Windows Hello to enable secure authentication using FIDO2 security keys. These physical security keys allow users to...
by Surur
1 year
As can be seen from the picture above, the iPhone X’s notch carries a lot of hardware, much of it concerned with Apple’s Face ID system, which includes generating 3D data from your face by projecting a Kinect-like dot ...
by Pradeep
1 year
In an effort to build more secure workplace devices, Fujitsu has partnered with Microsoft to build Windows 10 devices with Windows Hello and palm vein authentication technology. Similar to the facial and fingerprint recognition of...
by Surur
1 year
Hackers have recently shown that Windows Hello installations from last year could be fooled easily with only a print out of a picture of your face taken with a near-infrared camera. Only more recent versions of Windows Hello could...
by Anmol
1 year
Recently iPhone X has been under the radar of security experts who were trying to test its new Face ID. As it turns out, with the right photo, iPhone X’s Face ID could be fooled easily which raised questions on Face Recognit...
2 years
Microsoft has been working on embedded fingerprint tech for a while now. We spotted patents describing a particular implementation of it last year, and now we’ve seen a new patent filing potentially describing either anothe...