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PQI Unveils My Lockey with Windows Hello Certified Fingerprint Reader

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A global leader in mobile peripheral solutions, PQI of Foxlink group today announces My Lockey has acquired world's first Microsoft Windows Hello Biometric Fingerprint ID certification, providing a simple way to access and yet sophisticated data security. Available in mid-February, customers without biometric ID hardware can also enjoy having an intelligent gold-key.

After 2017 CES, the CEO of Global Operations at PQI, Spencer Chiu is more confident than ever and states "PQI have been eyeing the biometric market, and plans to be ahead of other competitors. At 2017 CES, PQI My Lockey attracted attention and the number of people showing interests were higher than expected . It simply refused to bow down to smartphones, AR or VR products at the show.



To create My Lockey, PQI utilized Foxlink Group's sound research as a niche point and cost-effective productivity advantages to partner with US number one IC sensor and Touch-Pad manufacturer, Synaptics. It then acquired certification from Fast Identity Online (FIDO) and now, certification from Microsoft, being the world's first aftermarket fingerprint ID hardware for Windows Hello! The advanced technology and certifications have brought much encouragement and assurance to PQI My Lockey. The advanced and sophisticated biometric security system has put PQI on the forefront of fingerprint ID in our industry!"

What is worth mentioning is the improved encryption of My Lockey, the encryption can be directed at a file or folder. With just the touch of your fingertips, the file / folder can be encrypted or decrypted for use. No need to memorize / enter complicated passwords, worry about forgetting the password or unauthorized accesses. When encrypted, it's appearance status will remain the same as other folders so it will not draw needless attention from peepers. In the near future, PQI will continue to optimize the use of fingerprint ID to a wider range of implementation.

Meanwhile, My Lockey will continue to provide current convenient functions such "My favorites" to effortlessly and safely log into your favorite social media or online shopping sites. One can also use it for other online authentications such as ecommerce, online payments or connecting to cloud databases. Create an intelligent, safe and convenient digital information era with My Lockey.

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Cheap biometric devices for masses!
Glad to see Synaptic being used in this one. So far I had only positive experience with their scanners, including an out-of-the-box Win10 support and flawless integration with Windows biometric login.
I even forgot what was a password on my Vostro V131....:fear:

Much better than now non-existent Authentec (eaten alive by Apple), once used in almost every laptop with capacitive fingerprint scanner.
 
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It's a shame you can't use these devices as 2FA for logging into your machine using Windows Hello. Maybe Microsoft will add that as a feature later on? I'd love to upgrade to the newest Yubikey that uses FIDO (not biometric) to authenticate and log you in, but I'd only want to do that if I could combine it with a login PIN, not an either/or situation.
 
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I really want to see desktop aimed fingerprint and iris scanning. Atm, there's very little on the market, however if I had either a keyboard with finger scanning, or a monitor with iris scanning, I'd likely roll them out across my fleet.
 
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