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Private Technology Companies Hope to Join Government's Security Effort.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2002

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 28--In a quiet Lake Mary office park, Ron Nation and a handful of employees are working to protect America.

Formed three weeks after the Sept.11 terrorist attacks, Special Security Inc. is touting software that encrypts and stores a fingerprint in bar codes embedded on a photo identification card, a drivers license or a passport. Each time a user presents it, a computer scans the code and the user's finger to verify the identity.

"Our product helps the good guys -- and lets you know who is in front of you," said Nation, president of the company. "We can prove identities."

Thousands of private companies like Nation's are hoping to help the government -- and...

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