Florida-based firm Authensure has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its “inkID” password manager USB fingerprint sensor tool.Authensure's first production run of inkID readers is complete and the Kickstarter crowd sourcing campaign will fund the final phase of inkID software development, the company said in a statement.”Everyone understands that traditional passwords simply are not scalable or secure in the hyper-connected world we now live in,” said inkID founder Boyd Mark, “the emergence of fast, easy and secure biometrics is clearly the answer.The firm has reported that there will be a retail price of $39 for the inkID USB fingerprint reader and software.inkID stores all information on the end user's computer with “military grade encryption”, says Authensure. Fingerprint information is stored as binary code and there is never an image taken.
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