Determining the type of operating system used by studying the types of packets flowing from a system. Passive OS fingerprinting only analyzes the packets. Active OS fingerprinting sends challenges to ...

Google’s Chrome OS is already set to receive a major upgrade when Android apps arrive later this year, and now it appears that future Chromebooks could be built with fingerprint scanners included too, ...

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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 ...

MILLIS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kanguru is proud to announce the launch of the world’s first OS Agnostic, Fingerprint Access Hardware Encrypted Flash Drive with remote management capability. This new ...

Thanks to a recent commit, found by Chrome Unboxed, we learn that Chrome OS is getting a new UI for setting up fingerprint authentication, bringing it in line with Android. While Chrome OS has long ...

Chrome OS has started to receive the stable version of its fingerprint scanner settings and setup menus, providing a reliable variant of the Chrome OS feature to users so that bugs and other issues ...

At the 2018 Made by Google Event, Google debuted the Google Pixel Slate with new-to-Chrome-OS fingerprint support. Before that device has even had the chance to launch, it seems two more upcoming ...

Chrome OS may soon support native fingerprint scanning, as indicated by newly spotted commits which point to an enrollment process set to immediately follow a standard login. The latest code, ...

Early in the summer Ars ran a review of fingerprint scanners. My favorite ended up being the Upek Eikon for a host of reasons, but mainly because it was one of the easiest to use and had the most ...