Kensington VeriMark Gen2 USB-A Fingerprint Key Reader – Windows Hello & Windows Hello for Business, Tap and Go, Anti-Spoofing (K64704EU)

Works exactly as described – a very handy addition for a Windows desktop computer
I bought this with some reservations due to some less than favourable reviews, but in my case it works really well. I am using it with a Windows 11 desktop computer and it is plugged into a front panel USB-A socket. On first plugging it in, Windows went into the setup routine automatically. If there is one change I could suggest, it would be to offer a choice of colour other than black; it would then be easier to aim a finger at if it were not a black dongle on a black panel.

High fail rate. Practically useless device.
Credits to Amazon for issuing a full refund straight after I dispatched my return.Fingerprint recognition with the Kensington VeriMark K67977WW on Win 11 is hit and miss, skewed towards the latter. I noticed a marked difference between logon to Windows itself (high fail rate, very high, about 90%, when the computer had been idle for a while) and fairly low fail rate for FIDO2 Web Authentication (WebAuthn). Also to criticise, there is no factory reset option. I understand that fingerprints are stored on the device, so wanting to do a reset before returning is natural. There is no proper documentation / manual available, but somewhere on the Kensington website I found the manufacturer advising that you need to remove the fingerprint sign-in option on each device where you have set up the fingerprint reader (under Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options). This of course wipes it completely, also for the built-in fingerprint reader, which I had set up before. (I only bought the Kensington reader because my laptop, stupidly as most laptops, has the on-board fingerprint reader under the lid. Most of the time I use I/O peripherals with the lid closed.). It turned out that removing the fingerprint sign-in option even wiped and disabled the face recognition sign-in option, though for this Microsoft may be to blame. What I also found stupid is that the USB fingerprint reader once connected replaces (disables) the on-board reader. But that again may have technical reasons not to be blamed on the Kensington device.

Nothing has ever been so painless, this is truly plug-and-play: you plug it in a USB-A port and Windows instantly takes care of everything. 10 seconds later it’s ready to work.At this point you’ll just have to go to Windows Hello in your settings to register up to 10 fingers. In my experience, this sensor is about as fast and as reliable as the second Touch ID sensor from Apple (which is considered as a leading standard in fingerprint authentication).I haven’t yet fully tested U2F. Look for it in a subsequent edit.EDIT >> I have now had the time to test U2F and there are a couple of things to know:* This doesn’t work like a Yubikey for example. U2F in this, the same as for Windows Hello, is directly tied to the computer where the fingerprints and the 2-factor auth had been set up (in fact, as far as I understand this, it’s Windows Hello itself that manages the U2F bit in conjunction with the reader). It is therefore not portable, no data whatsoever is stored on the actual sensor. You can’t just take this dongle and plug it in an another computer to authenticate; it won’t work. You can however set this up with multiple computers you own. For each one of these, you must run through the entire set up process and register a “new key” with your websites. If you were hoping to trike two birds with one stone using this (fingerprint scanning and portable U2F), you are out of luck. This severely cuts the usefulness of U2F support as, generally, your own computers will be considered trusted devices for 2FA and will never be asked to use codes or keys.* U2F support just came to Edge in the 1809 Windows 10 update and it’s still flaky. It’s outright unsupported on Firefox (unless if you dig in the config page and manually enable it, and even then it’s not reliable). If you use Chrome, you’re good to go.END OF EDIT <<

works really well with windows 11, fast login and easy to setup.

El lector de huellas es compacto y agradable esteticamente. Lamentablemente funciona a medias en el sistema operativo Windows 11. Ya que descague los archivos de la página oficial, un software que te facilita el ingreso de una contraseña y tus huellas dactilares. Sin embargo esto no garantiza que funcione la aplicación de Windows Hello y así puedas desbloquear el equipo como en versiones anteriores de este lector de huellas con Windows 10. Posiblemente con una actualización de Windows este inconveniente se solucione pero hay que esperar a que esto ocurra. Tambíen sería genial que la empresa subiera un driver que ayudara a que el equipo reconociera el lector de huellas ya que no aparece en los dispositivos conectados como debería un escaner de huellas dactilares. Pero bueno tal vez sea funcional en otras versiones de Windows así como de Mac. Por eso mi calificación es neutral.