Pretec Electronics Corp. has announced what is said to be the largest-capacity fingerprint USB flash storage memory. Unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev; this multifunction, 4 GB USB product is called i-Disk Touch and is intended for fingerprint biometrics security. Depending on user requirements, individual files or entire directories can be securely encoded, stored in the i-Disk Touch USB flash storage memory and then retrieved when needed. The i-Disk Touch addresses the growing demand for a popular and inexpensive mobile storage device that can secure and delegate access to sensitive data in an extremely small memory. The proven fingerprint biometrics security makes sure data can only be accessed by up to 10 authorized users without the need to bring keys or remember long strings of passwords. It not only secures data access, but the data itself.
Instead of using the traditional "area" fingerprint sensor that requires the use of multiple devices taking up additional space at additional cost, the "stripe" fingerprint sensor in i-Disk Touch is coupled with a new monolithic, single-chip solution in an innovative design that can achieve a smaller footprint, despite its larger capacity.
The biometrics security function of i-Disk Touch is part of an ensemble of security offerings that includes software and hardware protection of data access through password protection, and a protected key that can lock a PC, thereby preventing unauthorized use.
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