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Samsung mulls iris scanners on smartphones to log into Windows PCs

27

Feb

2017

Soon, your Samsung phone may be able to recognize your iris and log you into your Windows PC. Iris-scanning via phone is not yet a feature available for Samsung’s latest Galaxy Book 2-in-1s, which were announced at Mobile World Congress. But the company wants to quickly bridge the gap between its Galaxy smartphones, which run […]

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Fingerprint scanning is coming to Chromebooks

22

Feb

2017

Later this year, Chromebook owners with the appropriate hardware may be able to unlock their laptops with their fingerprint. Chrome Story recently spotted a new flag in Chrome OS Canary that discusses “Quick Unlock (Fingerprint).” Mentions of fingerprint security features are also scattered throughout the changelog for Chrome OS 58.0.3007.0 that was released to the […]

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Facebook tries to revamp password recovery by supplanting email

31

Jan

2017

Forgot your password? Well, Facebook wants to help you recover your internet account. The company is releasing an open source protocol that will let third-party sites recover user accounts through Facebook.

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