myIDkey - Password Management With Biometrics

KickStarter Friday - Biometric password management thumb drive

For many of us, the idea of password management has become an important topic given the number of sites which have been hacked over the past few years. The idea of having your logon information stolen for sites is an ongoing concern. If you are like me, the more complex a password the better. And the idea of generating a long random password has moved me to use password management software. I have this on my computer and a USB thumb drive for traveling. But, the USB thumb drive is for my laptop and is something to be carried around. What would happen if I were to lose the USB thumb drive? There needs to be some sort of way to secure my USB thumb drive.

And that is this weeks KickStarter project with the myIDkey which is a voice activated and finger print secure USB drive containing your vital information. This is an extended KickStarter project where they are closing in on $400,000 with 6 days to go. The combination of features is what will make this a coming industry standard for password management across devices. The idea of biometric access provides you with the confidence that your information is secure. You access the myIDkey by swiping your finger print across the reader on the USB thumb drive. And there is always the backup method of a series of taps to gain access.

While myIDkey does the normal method of filling in logons and passwords to sites that you access from a computer, it can do much more than that. It has the ability to use voice commands to search for things you have stored on the myIDkey such the example of a bank account. This is a great idea as I never remember my account number when I go to deposit a check. Before you can even use the voice command, you must first unlock it with your fingerprint scan.

The bigger news about the myIDkey is that this will work with your mobile devices. This is done via Bluetooth and can filling in logons and passwords for your apps on your smart phone or tablet. These is set to work with iOS and Android mobile devices. Given all the passwords we now have to use so that we are not duplicating them on sites, this biometric access thumb drive is going to be important for all to have.

And if you are concerned about what happens if someone takes it and tries to access the information, there are built in features to protect you. If someone attempts to access it, it will erase all the information on the myIDkey after a defined number of failed attempts. That is exactly what we need to have so we know we are safe and secure. The information can be recovered from your PC or the Cloud to return it to a usable state. Backing up to the Cloud can be to the myIDkey or others such as Google Drive or DropBox. Giving you the flexibility to chose where you want things to be stored.

The current plans have those who have pledged to myIDkey to receive them in September this year and we would expect to see retail sales begin no later than November. If you want to join in, there is still time for you to make a pledge of $99 or more to receive your myIDkey as backer of this coming biometric password management device.