Code referring to Kevin paints the upcoming Chromebook as a 360 degree convertible device, which opens it up for multiple methods of implementation for the fingerprint scanner, if there will be one.

Assemble a virtual DNA fingerprint and use it to identify the culprit in a hypothetical crime.

A thread on Google's Chromium code repository suggests fingerprint scanning is being built into future Chromebooks, which would help the platform catch up with Android and Windows.