Fingerprint unlocking, with all its flaws and sensitivities, is an increasingly popular way to unlock your smartphone. That method is headed to your front door, too. Smart locks are beginning to ...

Fingerprints are unique, and most law enforcement agencies rely upon them to identify people. But how did that practice get started? A Facebook post claims it was after two nearly identical men were ...

In fraud and bot detection, people usually think of fingerprinting as the classic browser or device fingerprint. This comes from techniques that use JavaScript and HTTP signals to recognize a device ...

Three quarters of police forces in England and Wales now have access to mobile fingerprint scanners issued by the Home Office, new data reveals. In total, 28 of 43 police forces have started using the ...

SAN DIEGO, March 13 — Dusting for fingerprints can sometimes alter the prints, erasing valuable forensic clues. Now, chemists say they have developed a new fingerprint visualization technique using ...

SEATTLE — A federal program that uses fingerprint analysis to identify illegal immigrants in county jails has been activated in Washington state and Montana ahead of the 2013 nationwide rollout, U.S.