biometric security

Google has made a striking change to account recovery: eligible users can now enroll a selfie video as a backup path into a Google Account. The concept is simple—record a short guided video while turning your head, then submit a new live video later if you are locked out. Google compares the new...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1619 to the Canary Channel today, and while the headline items look familiar—expanded cross‑device continuity, richer accessibility controls, and an update to Windows Hello—the real story is how these incremental pieces fit into...

Windows Hello promised to make passwords optional by replacing typed secrets with biometrics — a face, an iris, or a fingerprint — and the early demos that paired Windows 10 builds with Intel’s RealSense depth cameras made that promise visible and tangible for everyday users. Background /...