How the iPhone fingerprint scanner works Apple's new iPhone 5S will be the first widely popular gadget to incorporate a fingerprint scanner as a security measure. It likely won't be the last.

What is the best place for a fingerprint scanner on a smartphone? Those who worship high-tech and snazz would say “on the display,” but we think the side-lines are the best for it.

A fingerprint scanner is a small electronic device that guards your computer from intruders. You place your fingertip on the reader; it scans your fingerprint and compares it to the prints stored ...

Fingerprint scanners can do more than provide easy, authenticated logins without personal identification numbers, though. A few can encrypt documents, videos and music.

What surprised us the most was how passionate the fans of having a fingerprint scanner on the side of a smartphone were. The side scanner polled poorly, winning just 7 or 8 percent of the total ...

The fingerprint scanners in my roundup are intended to simplify your life by eliminating the need to remember a bunch of passwords or write them down on a piece of paper that could be viewed by a ...

iPhone 6s. Apple was one of the first phone makers to bring a fingerprint scanner to a phone in Touch ID, and from the iPhone 5s to the iPhone 8 it remained inside the home button below the screen.

Vivo Under Display fingerprint scanner tech is likely to be very similar to what Apple will use in the upcoming iPhone 8.

There's something cool about attaching a fingerprint scanner to a Raspberry Pi. It doesn't even have to be keeping something private or sensitive safe; even a fingerprint lock on a simple knick-knacks ...

Google is set to ditch the in-display fingerprint scanner used on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro and instead use a different option on the Pixel 6a.

Fingerprint scanners let you log on to your various Internet accounts with a swipe of your finger. This function, however, relies on the scanner's compatibility with the Web browser you use.

Fingerprint scanners can do more than provide easy, authenticated logins without personal identification numbers, though. A few can encrypt documents, videos and music.