The Bio-SnapON system from M2sys, which can process 20,000 prints every second, is being marketed as a simple and secure alterative to ID cards and PINs.
The system lets companies currently reliant on older technolgy make a quick switch to biometric checks.
Users can be instantly authenticated by placing their finger on a high-performance scanner and the system will work without any software upgrades.
M2sys has been quick to defend the product from skeptics, who see biometric technology as an invasion of their privacy.
“It is important to understand that the design of the M2sys biometrics system absolutely and unequivocally does not allow for the analysis of our unique physiological characteristics by government entities, or any other system,” reads the promotional material.
“When a person is enrolled in the M2sys fingerprint recognition system, the software extracts the person’s unique identification data (minutiae) and stores this information in the form of a proprietary identity template.
“An actual copy of the fingerprint image itself is not stored. The system then uses the identity template to recognise that person on an ongoing basis. The identity template is simply a data file, a series of zeros and ones that cannot be used to reconstruct the actual fingerprint image. Without a copy of the image itself, no one could perform analysis or comparison of the fingerprint.”
All fingerprint data collected by the system is 128-bit encrypted.
M2sys sees biometric technology as the most secure, accurate and efficient means of authenticating people and has dismissed ID card and PIN systems as “costly, inefficient, and jeopardous”.
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