Biometrics are becoming our next de facto security measure, and they're supposed to be a vast improvement on easily-forgotten and hackable passwords. Yet a point-and-shoot camera, laser printer and ...

Hackers have once again proved there's no such thing as true security for your phone. Researchers at the Chaos Computer Club (via Motherboard) claim to have bypassed the iris scanner on Samsung's ...

(TNS) -- The ability to unlock electronic devices using eye-recognition technology, a feature that has been mostly confined to government agencies, is starting to reach the consumer market. On Tuesday ...

A new technology in the Marion County Jail that was put to use near the U.S.-Mexico border can identify inmates in 20 seconds — just by looking into their eyes. The iris-scanning technology is used ...

Update (5/25): Samsung sent Gizmodo the following statement: We are aware of the issue, but we would like to assure our customers that the iris scanning technology in the Galaxy S8 has been developed ...

Gordon Gottsegen is a tech writer who has experience working at publications like Wired. He loves testing out new gadgets and complaining about them. He is the ghost of all failed Kickstarters. This ...

German hackers have successfully broken the iris recognition authentication in the Samsung Galaxy S8 using equipment that costs less than the price of the smartphone, according to Ars Technica.

With the help of increasingly sophisticated digital imaging techniques, advanced software processing algorithms and faster computing speeds, the measurement of human biometrics has become a practical ...