May 18, 2007
Biometric sensor makes the Web safer for children
The U.S. government estimates that at any given moment there 50,000 pedophiles prowling Internet chat rooms looking for children to befriend and meet. And if that's not worrying enough, more than 20,000 new images of child pornography are posted on the Internet every week. (~!!!)
I-Mature... has developed the Age-Group Recognition (AGR) security system that can accurately recognize the age of children and adults on the Internet, allowing parents to control their child's access to restricted Web sites, and at the same time prevent pedophiles from accessing children's and teen's chat rooms.
The device, the size of a mouse, can be connected to any computer, laptop, cell phone, PDA or public computer through a USB. It uses a tiny low-frequency ultrasound technology to scan one of the user's fingers and determine his age group.
The AGR then assigns the user to a specific age group and relays this encrypted information through a suite of software to a remote Web site.
The simple and harmless bone-scanning test takes just two seconds and can be carried out repeatedly. Once the user's age is defined, he will only be able to communicate with children of a similar age using i-Mature's device on their computers. Certain nonauthenticated users, such as an adult relative or a teacher, or peers without the i-Mature device, can be added to the list.
"While other technologies on the market might protect children from bad content, this is the only technology that can prevent a 30-year-old pedophile from communicating with a 13-year-old boy on a community Web site." [said Matan Arazi, co-founder and CTO of the company]
press release | Jewish Journal
~If not enough of these are sold the I-Mature will make the web impossible for children.
Posted by Stubbornson at May 18, 2007 07:10 PM