fingerprint lock

Digit-reading access device

A fingerprint lock is a security device that opens when it recognizes an authorized user's fingerprint.

Found on smartphones, safes, doors, and laptops, it uses biometric sensors to scan the unique ridges and patterns of a fingertip: I added my thumb to the fingerprint lock on my phone.

Faster than entering codes, though sometimes finicky with wet or dirty fingers.

Related

scanner · secure · touchpad · keyless · digital key · sensor · access · smartphone · door · swipe · recognition · safe · vault · identity · digital · entry · electronic · PIN

Categories
Opposites
authentication method

fingerprint lockkey lock

Mechanism requiring shaped metal

keypad lock · combination lock · password entry · tumbler lock · deadbolt

security sophistication

fingerprint lockpadlock

Portable locking device

deadbolt · hook and eye · barrel bolt · chain lock · tumbler lock

security level

fingerprint lockunlocked door

open access · privacy lock · chain lock · honor system

Family

finger, print, lock, fingers, fingered, fingering, prints, printed, printing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G