You can’t really go too far when it comes to phone security, considering everything of importance we put on these compact devices—from bank account apps to our most intimate conversations—and while ...

Don’t let an app ask for your identity with Touch ID or Face ID unless you know what it’s doing. A pair of fitness applications were found to be tricking users into authorizing financial transactions.

Take this simple precaution to keep your chats private. Photo: Lewis Wallace/Cult of Mac Facebook Messenger’s new App Lock feature lets you add an extra layer of security to the popular chat app.

As iPhones and iPads become an increasingly integral part of our daily lives, it’s not uncommon to have an app that contains information so personal that we wouldn’t want others to stumble across it.

Touch ID makes so much sense for banks and money management tools to use, given the added security. Budgeting app Mint (free)—which happens to be one of my most-used apps—now lets you use Touch ID ...

WhatsApp on iPhone includes an option to lock the app with your device's Face ID or Touch ID authentication. This article explains how to enable the feature. Locking WhatsApp is a neat way of doubling ...

In tvOS 15, Apple has simplified the process of entering a login and password with a connected iPhone by allowing for Face ID and Touch ID to be used for authentication purposes. Developers will be ...

If you have recently updated to iOS 13 and have found you are unable to log in to some apps like your bank, or 1Password, or other apps that need authentication, we may have the solution. It turns out ...

Facebook Messenger users will soon be able to lock their messages on iOS. The company is implementing the option to require Face ID and Touch authentication in order to access the user’s inbox with a ...

Instead of a Home or a side-button, Apple is researching how best to implement under-screen fingerprint sensors, not just for mobile devices like iPhone Fold and iPad, but potentially also the Mac.

Another iOS 13 bug has emerged, affecting Touch ID as a method of logging into certain apps. Apple’s iOS 13 is suffering from a number of bugs and security problems. And 9to5Mac has found another bug ...