WhatsApp has announced biometric authentication for Web and Desktop clients. This allows you to use your fingerprint or face to link new devices. WhatsApp has endured a frosty reception after it ...

It will be limited to the device lock or unlock process, and won’t be linked with how biometric security is handled while using the WhatsApp web client or its desktop app.

Proton launches a free, open-source 2FA app with cross-device sync. It works on all major OSes, including Ubuntu, as a ...

Facebook -owned, WhatsApp continues to tweak its security and privacy measures. This time, the company is adding a new biometric authentication feature that requires users to utilize their face or ...

Now, it’s adding a new biometric feature to the service to bring in a new authentication layer for those using its web and desktop versions.

WhatsApp added biometric locking security to the mobile versions of the most popular third-party messaging app quite some time ago, but this is a first for the companion application — sometimes ...

Exactly which types of biometrics are available in Password Manager on desktop will depend on the hardware attached to the PC, of course (e.g. a fingerprint reader), as well as whether the PC’s ...