SmartMetric -- Dispelling Misconceptions Regarding Biometrics

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - August 12, 2016) - SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) -- SmartMetric, the maker of fingerprint biometric payments and security cards, says that some misconceptions exist about biometrics and more specifically , fingerprint biometrics.

One of the first misconceptions is that a credit card or ATM cards PIN number is safer than fingerprint biometrics because someone can copy a persons fingerprint. Reality, PIN's and passwords have been proven to be so poor security methods that the ease of hacking PIN's and passwords has contributed greatly to the credit card fraud disaster. It is reported that credit card fraud annually in 2104 in the United States alone was $8 billion.

Copying a persons fingerprint in order to "spoof" it so as to use the copied fingerprint to unlock a biometric protected credit card may be able to be done theoretically but in reality it is far harder to do this then hacking a persons PIN. It is a recognized fact in the computer security world that biometrics, including fingerprint based biometrics are substantially more secure than PIN's and passwords.

Some have even said that fingerprint secured devices will lead to a rash of people having their fingers chopped off so thieves can then use the dismembered finger to unlock the persons credit card. Cracking a persons card PIN is far easier than having to run around catching people and chopping off their fingers. Practically speaking, the "butchering" thieves would need to cut off all of a persons fingers on both hands so as to be sure they have the correct finger that the card holder uses to unlock their credit card. Then you have the biggest hurdle. The SmartMetric fingerprint scanner senses body temperature. Stopping dead in their tracks the human digit thieves. Pun intended.

Another misconception is using a 3D printer to make a copy of our a persons fingerprint. In the time it would take for the 3D printer to copy a persons fingerprint a thief could have stolen a hundred credit card numbers with associated PIN's and be on the street using newly minted fake credit cards. Like the cutting off of fingers scenario the fingerprint replicators will be stopped again by the readers internal sensing technology and defenses.