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![]() ![]() He also wrote the USA's most-saved article of 2021, according to Pocket.Ĭhris was a PCWorld columnist for two years. Beyond the web, his work has appeared in the print edition of The New York Times (September 9, 2019) and in PCWorld's print magazines, specifically in the August 2013 and July 2013 editions, where his story was on the cover. With over a decade of writing experience in the field of technology, Chris has written for a variety of publications including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, IDG's PCWorld, Digital Trends, and MakeUseOf. Chris has personally written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times-and that's just here at How-To Geek. You'll then be able to set up Windows Hello so you can quickly sign in in the future without typing your password for that service.Ĭhris Hoffman is the former Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. You'll be able to sign into a website-such as your online banking website-once with your password. This uses the new FIDO U2F specification that Google uses for its physical security tokens. Microsoft Edge now allows you to use Windows Hello to sign into websites. For example, the Enpass password management app allows you to unlock your password database with Windows Hello rather than typing your master password. Universal Windows apps can now use Windows Hello to authenticate you, just as banking apps and other sensitive apps use fingerprint sensors on the iPhone and Android phones to authenticate you. ![]() Apps that use Windows Hello will show a "Making Sure It's You" dialog and ask you to authenticate with your Windows Hello device. With Windows 10's Anniversary Update, Microsoft extended Windows Hello to apps and websites. Related: What's New in Windows 10's Anniversary Update How to Sign Into Apps and Websites with Windows Hello The $129 Tobii eye tracking gaming peripheral also claims to support Windows Hello. The Razer Stargazer webcam (shown below) incorporates Intel RealSense hardware and should work with Windows Hello, but is a whopping $150-not to mention some less-than-stellar reviews. Intel's RealSense hardware supports Windows Hello, but Intel just sells it as a developer kit. However, the selection of Windows Hello-compatible webcams is pretty terrible. You can also purchase Windows Hello-compatible webcams that will automatically sign you into your PC by looking at your face, too. So we'd recommend going with the Eikon instead.īoth readers are designed for laptops, although there are desktop versions available with a cable attached. The BIO-key SideSwipe Compact USB Fingerprint Reader ($40) is officially endorsed and sold by Microsoft, but didn't work as well in our tests. We sometimes had to swipe multiple times to sign in with the BIO-key reader, but we never had to swipe more than once with the Eikon reader. ![]()
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