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*** ********** *** ********* for **** **** *** company "*** ****** *** operations." *** ******* *** company **** "******* *** contractual *********** ** *********** an ******** ******* ****" for ******** *** *******.
** ** **** ***********, FST *** **** ** other ****** ********* *** notice ** ***** *******.
Ambitions - *** *** *** *** *** **** ********
*** *******, ******** ** Israeli ***** ******* ******* [link ** ****** *********], aimed ** **** '***' the *** *** **** building, ************* ******, *****, gait *** ***** ********* to ******** ******** *********** providing ***** *** ****** access ** **********. **** 2010 ***** ******** *** company's *****:

Challenges *** *** *******
** ******* ***** **** a ****** ** ********** for *** *******:
- ******* ****** ** ******* raised
- *** ******* / ** profits
- *********** / ******** **********
- **** ***** *****
***** *** ************* ** ***** $** million ** *******, ********* ***** ****** control ** * ********** small ****** **** ***** it **** ** ***** the ******* ****** ********* to ******* **** **********.
*** ******* *** *** profitable **** ****** ******* under $** ******* (******* significantly ****), ********* ** sources ***** ** *** company. By ********, *** ******* had **+ *********, ***** resulted ** * *********** ongoing **** ****.
*** ******* *** *********** challenges, ********** ******* **** factors **** ** ******** (too ******, *** ****), positioning ** *******, *** people ****** (** *** not ****) ** *** camera, ******* ****, *******, etc. **** **** ** harder ** *** ***** and ******** **** **** and ******* ** ****** that ******.
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Criticisms From ********
*** ******* *** ***** public ********** **** ** investor / *******, **** Tal [**** ** ****** available],*******:

New *** / ********
[**** ** ****** *********]
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*******, ***** *** *** confirmed **** *** ******* operations, **** ** *** coming ** ***.
Launch ** ******** *** ******
********** * *** ******* geared ****** ********** *********** intelligence ** ********* ***** ** *** ** FST's *** ******* ******* *** *********. While *** ******** ** comment ** *** ************ of *** *** *********, sources *** ***** *** been * **** ** place *** * ***** to ******* **** **** security *** **** **** toward * ******-******* ******** that ***** ******* ****** management *** ***** ** knowing **** * *** customer ******* *** *****.
******** ** **** ********. The ******* *** ***** details ******* ** *** concept ** *********** ***** shoppers.

** ** *** ***** how the ******** ****** **** ********* them (*.*., ******* ** is *** ****** *********** or ****** ***** ******** or ***** *****).
** *** ******** ****, Naor's ****** ********** *** his ********** *** **** them ** **** *********.
****** ********* **** ***** own **********. **** *** potentially ** ** *****. Many ********* **** ***** for **** *****, **** with ******* *******.
Lessons *** ****** *********** ********
******** ******* ****** ** treated **** **********. **** look ** *** ******** FST ******** [**** ** longer *********]: ********* **** Forbes, ***, *** / ISC ****, ***, ******** Today, ***** & ********, ASIS, ***, ***, ***.
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Comments (16)
John Honovich
I want to welcome Dan Gelinas to IPVM. While this is his first week and first IPVM post, many of you may know him from his prior work as an integrator, at Rapid Response and at SSN. Look for more business reporting from Dan!
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Undisclosed Integrator #2
Not surprised with the news. FST was extremely particular with lighting conditions. It was expensive and complex and inflexible in my opinion.
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Undisclosed End User #3
We looked at them with interest due to the depth of their integration with our Access control system. We stopped looking any further when they refused to offer a free or even discounted trial.
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Jonathan Lawry
07/18/18 12:16pm
Clever pun....almost missed it.
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Jonathan Lawry
07/18/18 12:24pm
Facial Recognition is the siren-song that has lured too many wide-eyed young access control companies to the depths of a sad abyss.
Access control needs to be as reliable as a card swipe. Anything less than that is an abject failure, so using Facial Recognition as a primary credential is doomed to failure. It's ok as a "challenge" mechanism, but using it as the only form of credential is inherently flawed.
I have advised facial recognition companies in the past, and my advice is always the same: Market to casinos, loss-prevention, etc.... anywhere that any accuracy greater than 50% is rewarded. If you can detect one known card counter out of five, or one known thief out of a hundred, you have provided value. But miss one valid person out of a hundred in access control? You run out of money in 7 years....or months.
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John Honovich
Email from FST forwarded to us:
If I am an FST customer, I would get a replacement in the next year. Trying to maintain an out of business biometrics access control system is likely going to cause more problems than its worth.
Also, interesting that there is no mention of Preciate, which the CEO is clearly moving on to, based on Preciate's own website.
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Zwipe's fingerprint biometric credential for access control faces 3 out of the 4 highlighted FST issues. Limited market interest due to price point, no support of iclass and an oversized credential resulted in them pulling back from the Access control market globally to reduce costs to focus primarily on fingerprint-based credit cards where Idemia pass right past them.
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Undisclosed #6
”If at FST you don’t succeed...”
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