Fingerprints, also called dermatoglyphs, develop as early as three months of gestation and are entirely unique to each individual. It’s why they are commonly used as a form of biometric security to ...

When a man was found dead in his vehicle last month in La Plata Canyon, investigators used a tried-and-true method to identify him: fingerprinting. Authorities had good reason to believe they knew the ...

In fraud and bot detection, people usually think of fingerprinting as the classic browser or device fingerprint. This comes ...

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Fingerprint readers are great. When they work. One thing I've noticed since switching to an iPhone with Face ID instead of Touch ID is how much faster and more accurate using my face is than using my ...

Mara Johnson-Groh, 33, a freelance science writer in British Columbia, Canada, lost her fingerprints about a decade ago when she started rock climbing—particularly her middle and ring fingers, where a ...