This post has been updated. Researchers at Michigan State University have found a cheaper and faster way to unlock mobile phones protected by fingerprint sensors using an off-the-shelf printer and ...

Last year, when the Office of Personnel Management notified 22 million people that their personal information was compromised in a massive data breach, one in four received especially nasty news. For ...

Like every snowflake ever made, every fingerprint etched onto a person’s skin is one-of-a-kind. Since the late 1800s, fingerprints have been used by authorities to identify individuals who may have ...

Fingerprinting — those black ink prints with swirls and grooves — have been central to solving crimes for more than a century. But the traditional form has become antiquated. In the digital age, dark ...