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Identity Theft Continues to Grow, Affecting 16.7 Million in the USA (6.6 Percent of Population), Says SmartMetric, the Maker of the Biometric Credit and Cyber/Access Card
Identity Theft Continues to Grow, Affecting 16.7 Million in the USA (6.6 Percent of Population), Says SmartMetric, the Maker of the Biometric Credit and Cyber/Access Card.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n NEW YORK, April 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB:SMME) – According to research just released by Javelin Strategy and Research*, more than 16 Million persons in the United States became victims of Identity Theft in 2017.   This is 6.6 percent of the population.\n Identity Theft is not getting better.  In fact it is getting worse.  According to the research, Identity Theft increased in 2017 over the previous year by 1.3 million victims. SmartMetric is the developer and manufacturer of the biometric credit card and security/access card that has an inbuilt fully functional miniature fingerprint scanner inside the card.  No central database that can risk the card holder’s biometric information and no sending of biometric data over the network, the SmartMetric biometric card stores a person's fingerprint inside the card.  On the surface of the card is a small sensor that, when touched, causes the card to scan and match your fingerprint in less than a second.  If it is your biometrics matching on the card, then the card is turned on.  If not, no one else can use it.  The SmartMetric Biometric card is a powerful new technology in the multibillion dollar fight against ID theft and credit card fraud.  As a security card, it provides extreme security for cyber log on, doorway entry and on the spot identity verification, all in a single card the size and thickness of a credit card. After many years of research and development with its advanced team of engineers primarily in Tel Aviv, Israel, SmartMetric has achieved what was seen as impossible: a fully operational biometric locked and secured credit card for consumers and ID card for businesses. The SmartMetric biometric payments and security card is protected by 5 issued patents with additional patents applied for.  Being the originator of the biometric fingerprint in-card concept over a decade ago, SmartMetric, while working on its product development, followed through with seeing its concept of a biometric card was protected by patents. “Touch your card and your fingerprint biometrics instantly unlock the card in less than a second.  Safer than a password and so much easier and quicker than entering a PIN,\" said SmartMetric’s President and CEO, Chaya Hendrick. The company h...