Every twenty-six seconds in the United States, a vehicle is stolen. Most security features for cars are activated after the theft has already occurred. A car alarm sounds or a signal is sent out from the stolen vehicle. Afterwards, owners begin the frustrating search for their vehicle. Owners that are victim of car thefts can only hope that their car will return to them undamaged. What can prevent cars from being stolen in the first place?
Hawk Systems has a new product that answers this question. The product, known as Securepass, requires a fingerprint before the car will even start. Securepass is not just a basic fingerprint scanner. Instead, it is a five-layer live fingerprint-ID device. Since it scans five layers deep and the tissue must be living, it is impossible to create fake fingerprints.
This new security device does not limit vehicles to only one driver, though. Securepass can store up to sixteen approved fingerprints. Using Securepass not only prevents vehicles from being stolen but it could also lower car insurance levels. Some companies give discounts to consumers that use extra car security systems like Securepass.
In addition to using fingerprints for car security systems, Hawk Systems hopes to use fingerprinting technology for banking, employee time clocks, stadium security and attendance. This includes ATMs. Every day there are 139 million ATM transactions that only use a four digit PIN number for identification. Live fingerprinting would reduce fraud and identity theft that often occur at ATMs. Anywhere where identity is required, Hawk Systems hopes to use this kind of technology to increase security.
The CEO of Hawk Systems, Michael Diamant, told Market Watch he “believes fingerprint security will, in the coming year or two, be as common as cell phones…People will see the benefit to protecting their vehicle before it is stolen rather than trying to locate and recover it after the fact. We believe that Securepass provides that proactive security.” Since Securepass prevents doors from unlocking or the ignition from starting if the fingerprint is not right, Hawk Systems’s Securepass is definitely proactive. Securepass will keep any non-authorized user from driving the vehicle anywhere.
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