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Cyber Watchdog To Unveil The World’s Smartest Wifi Router

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June 14, 2015

Dubai; – An emerging tech group is set to unveil what is believed to be the world’s first artificially intelligent wireless router on the 18 October at the 2015 Gitex Technology fair in Dubai, Saudi Arabia.

” target=”_blank”>artificial intelligence capabilities of the router during a product testing exercise before a handful of International Tech Writers last Thursday (11 June) in Santo Domingo.

Looking more like a partial disk of a flying saucer, the router requires retina and finger print technology before the user can enter an encrypted password to access a network.

Facial recognition by webcam or a phone camera can also be optionally permitted based upon a registering photo entry that was previously made by the administrator of the router. This would then allow the user to enter their personal password before being allowed to use the connection.

Cindy Mueller, a communications assistant at the company, explains that these features were made possible as a result of the use of artificial intelligence, which has given the router the ability to virtually look at an inquiring user and recognize whether they are lawfully authorized to use the network.

She indicated that this feature would serve as a virtual first line of external guards within the router who must recognize you before they allow you to even access the networks keypad.

“It is more or less a field of external security guards who would first have to identify you either by your finger print, fool proof face recognition, or retina recognition before they allow you to even enter a user designated password. In other words, you must be clearly identifiable at the outer gate before you can be allowed in to present your credentials at the main door for formal entry”, she said.

While the presentation was mostly catered for wireless networks, the same security features are said to be present in hardwired connections and other network devices that are made by the company.

The Cyber Watchdog branded routers are already available to companies as a client customized equipment that is manufactured with hardware embedded security features on demand.

However, the company has decided to began distribution of a middle level version that is compact and catered for smaller business owners and persons who are serious about their online security.

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