BioMETRX Release SmartStik Biometric P&P USB Flash Memory Drives

Whilst there are two diametrically opposed camps as far as the true level of security offered by biometric methods of protection (a UK newspaper actually managed to bypass such protection with something as simple as a photocopy of a fingerprint as I recall) there’s no doubt that biometric protection offers another all important line of defence when it come to data protection – and, in this respect, the new SmartSTIK USB flash drive from BioMETRX is sure to gain attention from those with data to safeguard.

Coming in both 1GB and 2GB flavours, BioMETRX boast that their SmartSTIK is a true plug and play device needing no driver software to be installed host machines in order to facilitate use, so it should prove extremely intuitive and easy to adopt for consumers and, with personal identity theft showing no signs of abating (indeed, quite the contrary) in conjunction with the sheer amount of personal data we have become prone to carry around with us, secure flash drives such as this, and the level of protection they offer, really ought to be a prerequisite for anyone looking to move anything but the most impersonal of files around. (Personally, my flash drive holds significantly more personal information than is contained in my wallet).

Needless to say, UK government officials will probably opt to continue sending UK citizen’s personal details up and down the country by methods somewhat less secure than the trusty carrier pigeon, so we suspect that BioMETRX really ought not to expect a bulk order from any UK government body any time soon.

BioMETRX SmartSTIK USB Flash Drives retail for $50 (1GB capacity) and $65 (2GB capacity).

[Source | Electronista]