Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

PIVMAN from CoreStreet provides mobile verification of government IDs

Wednesday, November 8, 2006


Meet PIVMAN, a handheld ID-verification device that doesn’t need a network connection in order to work. CoreStreet, calls its new product, “the first visible end user application to take advantage of smart cards” that have been issued to verify personal identity. It’s also assuming super hero status thanks to a Spider Man-like comic book produced by CoreStreet to tout PIVMAN’s many strengths.

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