Kensington VeriMark Fingerprint Key Designed for Surface
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Price: £39.31
Brand: Kensington
Description: Innovation quality and trust have made Kensington the standard in device security for more than 25 years. Kensington is expanding that expertise to data security by introducing the worlds first fingerprint security key to support Windows Hello and Fast I Dentity Online (FIDO) universal 2nd-factor authentication (U2F) the Veri Mark Fingerprint Key. Engineered to provide simple fast and secure Windows logon and a seamless two factor authentication experience the Veri Mark Fingerprint Key protects against unauthorized access on compromised devices while also offering unprecedented cybersecurity for todays cloud-based world. Exclusively Designed for Surface providing professional-level biometric security. Advanced Fingerprint Technology combines superior biometric performance and 360 readability with anti-spoofing protection while exceeding industry standards for False Rejection Rate (3%) and False Acceptance Rate (0.002%). Universal Integration provides scalable out-of-the-box access for Windows computers and platforms including biometric login for Windows Hello. FIDO U2F Certified to ensure seamless interoperability and meet 2nd-factor security key logon requirements for cloudbased service and software providers including Google Dropbox Git Hub and Facebook. Password Manager Compatibility supports popular tools like Dashlane Last Pass (Premium) Keeper (Premium) and Roboform to allow the fingerprint to authenticate and automatically fill in usernames and passwords for websites. Compact design easily attaches to a standard keyring for convenient portability. Kensington VeriMark Fingerprint Key Designed for Surface - shop the best deal online on appliances4.me
Category: Input Devices
Merchant: Quzo
Product ID: 248684
Delivery time: Next Day
Delivery cost: 0
MPN: K64707EU
EAN: 5028252612425
Author: KEDDR
Rating: 5
Review: Say Goodbye to «Forgot password? / Reset your account» and other hassles faced of remembering the password. The Kensington VeriMark IT Fingerprint Key is a USB dongle that adds an additional secure login layer to your computer and to some websites and services. With the help of this fingerprint scanner from Kensington - you can easily log on to your PC and also to your favourite websites through the touch of your finger. · There is no need to remember the password, just place your finger over the scanner whenever the screen prompts you to enter username or password. · The scanner is compatible with Windows 7, 8/8.1 and 10. Moreover, it is also compatible with Windows Hello, Windows Azure, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype and other Microsoft services which opens up the possibility for the IT administrators to easily manage the employee’s authentication methods. In addition to Windows Hello compatibility, the reader also comes with FIDO2/WebAuthn compatible which means that you also get the option to use the fingerprint scanner as part of the Two-Factor Authentication to log into various websites, apps or services directly from a web browser (all the popular ones are supported: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge etc.) · Encryption is also used to protect all the fingerprint data held on the reader. · On one side of the dongle, there is a padlock-shaped LED. When accessing a website with it, it lights WHITE when you use the correct fingerprint and RED when you use the wrong fingerprint. ? KEEP IN MIND: The Web Authentication is supported on Windows 10 only! ? Pros: + You can easily sign-in to the Windows with your fingerprint (without remembering usernames and passwords) + The sensor is fast and accurate + Can be used with multiple computers + Easy to install and to use + Compact size ? Cons: - No complaints (I will update this post if any quality issues arise) ???? Features I would like to Add, Change or Remove: · Add Mac / Linux support · Add a cover or other design solution - to be able to attach the dongle to a keychain or something else for safekeeping This is definitely something I would recommend to anyone who takes their device with them anywhere to help keep those important files and information locked and secured / to keep undesired users away when using the login process.
Author: Adrian Doyle
Rating: 1
Review: TL;DR - The VeriMark Guard models (USB-A and USB-C) do not allow you to sign into your Windows account because they are not compatible with Windows Hello. I'm returning mine and getting a VeriMark IT instead. The listing includes five separate models of fingerprint scanner: 1. the VeriMark Guard USB-A 2. the VeriMark Guard USB-C 3. the VeriMark 4. the VeriMark Designed for Surface 5. the VeriMark IT I bought the more expensive VeriMark Guard USB-A model thinking it could do more than the other models. For example, the Guard is cross-compatible with Mac and Linux machines as well as Windows. My primary reason for wanting it, though, was to be able to sign into Windows without typing my password every time. It turns out that the Guard cannot do this at all. I started out by plugging in the VeriMark Guard and set it up according to the instructions on the Kensington website. The instructions were easy to follow and this setup all went smoothly. I added three fingerprints, and the VeriMark Guard was very good at recognising my fingerprints when I used it to sign into my security key management settings. It works very quickly, and from any angle I tested. From my limited testing I can say that the VeriMark Guard is very good at what it is meant to do. Good quality material and easy to use. When I logged out of my account I was given no option to login using my newly setup fingerprint scanner. At first I thought I might need to install drivers for it, and because there are drivers for the other models, but not for the VeriMark Guard, I spent some time trying to track down the correct driver and install it. Still, no matter what I installed, no biometric drivers showed up in my Device manager. It was never clear whether I had managed to install the device correctly or not, hence my low-ish rating for ease of installation. I gave up and contacted support. I spent half an hour talking to Kensington technical support, and they were very helpful, but ultimately told me that the standard VeriMark or VeriMark IT would be able to login to Windows, but not the VeriMark Guard. This is because the VeriMark Guard is not compatible with Windows Hello, but the other two are. I can't blame the listing entirely for my confusion here, but I do think that presenting the Guard models along with the others is a bit misleading. I think that it needs to be made clearer to customers that the VeriMark Guard models cannot be used to sign into a Windows device the same way the others can. The fact that customer reviews and questions for all of these different models appear together adds to the confusion. It is sometimes difficult to know if a problem is specific to one model or common to all of them unless the reviewer specifies which model they bought. Maybe I could have realised that the VeriMark Guard wouldn't be able to sign me into windows if I had known what information to look for on the page, but honestly, I didn't know what Windows Hello was when buying this fingerprint scanner, so I had no way of knowing that I had to ensure the scanner was compatible with Windows Hello to be able to sign into a windows account. Signing into Windows seems like the obvious primary function of any fingerprint scanner to me, so it never crossed my mind that a fingerprint scanner would not have this functionality. I just thought that the other features with the Guard were nice add-ons. Based on this experience, I get the impression that Kensington products are of good quality, but it is important to know what you're looking for in a product. Because I was happy with the quality of the product I got, it just didn't do what I needed it to, I'm going to replace it with another Kensington fingerprint scanner. I'm going to return my VeriMark Guard and get a VeriMark IT instead.
