In my experience so far, I have seen people choose a simple four-digit PIN over a complex password to protect their Windows PCs. The PIN is short, simple, and easy to ...

Bottom line: For Microsoft, which has promoted Windows Hello as part of its broader push to phase out passwords, new research highlights that biometric logins are only as secure as the systems that ...

Dismiss Set up Windows Hello message in Windows Security Disable Windows Hello prompt Clear Contents of the Ngc folder Sign in with a local account Reset the Settings app. Let’s check all these ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This story has been updated on August 59with a statement from ...

The Lenovo Performance FHD Webcam is just a basic, functional, reliable 1080p Windows Hello webcam. If that’s what you want, go buy it. Sometimes you just want to buy a Honda Civic: cheap, reliable, ...

Windows Hello face unlock in dark rooms has been disabled to fix a vulnerability. Windows Hello face unlock in dark rooms has been disabled to fix a vulnerability. is a senior editor and author of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Just when you thought Microsoft couldn’t get things any worse ...

Microsoft's latest mandatory security update for Windows 11, KB5055523, is causing big problems for quite a few users. Reports verified by Windows Latest say that the ...

Another Windows update, another round of unexpected headaches. This time, the culprit is a new Windows Hello bug that's locking users out after Microsoft's latest security patch—proving once again ...

A software hiccup has occurred with Windows Hello following this month’s security updates, one that could prevent users from logging in via facial recognition. Fortunately, instead of prompting an ...

QUESTION: What’s Windows Hello, and should I be using it? ANSWER: If you’re like most computer users, getting into your PC involves typing in a password or maybe even a PIN. Windows Hello is akin to ...