Tag Archive for: fingerprints

Mitre, the creepy company checking your fingerprints on Facebook for the US Government

Cybercrime reporter Thomas Brewster has written a fascinating exposé of the activities of Mitre Corporation, which has taken on some eyebrow-raising projects for the US government.

Graham Cluley

Cops serve warrant to enter property, demand everyone’s fingerprints to unlock phone

Cops serve warrant to enter property, demand everyone's fingerprints to unlock phone

Law enforcement served a modified search warrant that allowed agents to collect the thumbprints and fingerprints of everyone at the premises, in order to unlock a smartphone.

David Bisson reports.

Graham Cluley

New mobile security feature on iOS version of Outlook uses fingerprints – Mobile Commerce Press


Mobile Commerce Press

New mobile security feature on iOS version of Outlook uses fingerprints
Mobile Commerce Press
Mobile security has become a hot topic over the last while, particularly since Apple has started fighting the FBI's demands to unlock an iPhone in a criminal investigation case, but for the rest of us, we'd still like to be able to keep our devices

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“Look at me” – forget fingerprints, here comes a Samsung tablet with iris recognition

US research institute SRI has inked a deal with Samsung to build a tablet with built-in iris recognition. Samsung’s S5 fingerprint reader was cracked PDQ…wonder how long your eye-prints will hold up?
Naked Security – Sophos