A fingerprint in its narrow sense is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger. In a wider use of the term, fingerprints are the traces of an impression from the friction ridges of any part of a human or other primate hand. A print from the foot can also leave an impression of friction ridges. A friction ridge is a raised portion of the epidermis on the digits, the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot, consisting of one or more connected ridge units of friction ridge skin.
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WhatsApp might soon let you log into its desktop app with your fingerprint
Forget about those annoying QR codes: you might soon be able to log into WhatsApp's desktop version just with your fingerprint. ...
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How to hide from drones in the age of surveillance
Drones of all sizes are being used by environmental advocates to monitor deforestation, by conservationists to track poachers, ...
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Apple to make unlocking with a face mask easier in iOS 13.5 — but I just want Touch ID back
If you're wearing a face mask, unlocking your iPhone can be a real hassle — but Apple is fixing this in iOS 13.5. Also, ...
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How browser fingerprints identify you even when you have cookies turned off
Web tracking is the practice by which websites and third-party companies collect information about users’ online activity. ...
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This smart toilet offers advanced poop analysis and analprinting
An international team of researchers recently developed a fully automated sensor package that turns any regular toilet into ...
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Digital fingerprints are the new cookies — and advertisers want yours
More and more advertisers are using 'fingerprinting', which is when a company creates a profile of your device’s unique ...
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DuckDuckGo wants devs to use its list of web trackers to protect your privacy online
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has released a new service, called the Tracker Radar, to block unwanted trackers ...
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The Google Pixel 4 reviewed... acrostic-ly
Welcome, one and all, to the world's only acrostic review of the Google Pixel 4 — the content you didn't even know you ...
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The case against traditional passwords — and how biometrics can better secure us
Passwords have been around for millennia. Thousands of years before the advent of the computer, the Roman military would ...
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Stolen fingerprints could spell the end of biometric security – here’s how to save it
The biggest known biometric data breach to date was reported recently when researchers managed to access a 23-gigabyte database ...
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Report: Apple could bring Touch ID back to iPhones in 2021
Apple effectively changed the way people think about facial biometrics with the iPhone X, forgoing the rumored under-display ...
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How the hell does your phone's in-screen fingerprint scanner work?
If you've used an Android phone recently, you've probably come across the in-screen fingerprint scanner. But how does it ...
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PRIME CHEAP: Fast! Schnell! Hurtig! The Samsung Galaxy S10 has $300 off
It's the final part of Amazon's Prime Day, but we have lots of hot deals for you. This time? $300 off a Samsung Galaxy S10 ...
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The notchless Meizu 16s is a rock-solid flagship for the budget conscious
The Meizu 16s is a mid-range flagship that could be the antitode for the notch-hater in you. It's $599 and does everything ...
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New algorithm allows researchers to change what people say on video by editing transcript
The idea that the algorithm make changes in the video just by changing transcript while preserving the speaker's characteristics. ...
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Smart cities are an AI-powered dystopia that's already happening
Separating the futuristic from the dystopian in the minds of the general public can be a challenge, particularly when trying ...
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Opera releases its browser with built-in cryptocurrency wallet to everyone
Opera’s long-awaited web-browser, Reborn 3, which features an integrated cryptocurrency wallet is officially launching ...
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Why we should trust Apple and Google more than our governments
When I was younger, I was taught that the ridges and patterns found on my fingertips are so unique, that no other person ...
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Hands-on: Vivo's Apex 2019 phone's whole screen is a fingerprint sensor
Vivo Apex 2019 is a concept device by the Chinese phone maker that lets you unlock the display by placing the finger anywhere ...
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This is the future of authentication, according to security experts
Passwords may not have been much of an annoyance back in the 1960s, when they were first believed to have been introduced ...
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3 game-changing phone trends we can expect in 2019
2018 is winding down, and we’ve witnessed a number of significant events this year as far as mobile tech is concerned: ...
