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Product authentication is of great importance for the supply chains and consumer world of tomorrow. Counterfeiting and product piracy not only pose a threat to consumer safety, but can also cause considerable economic damage and permanently harm a brand's reputation.
The full potential for brand security can be exploited by authenticating individual products. QR codes play a decisive role here. They transmit information and give products a unique identity. The only disadvantage so far: QR codes can be easily transferred and copied.
The counterfeit-proof QR code
And this is precisely where SmartID starts. We use the unique properties of the product surface as an additional feature for generating a counterfeit-proof QR code.
Similar to the human fingerprint, the surface characteristics of each product are unique. Our SmartID technology integrates these properties into a QR code and is thus able to protect individual products. Common smartphones can use it to securely verify product identities. No internet connection is required for this, as our patented technology works independently of database or blockchain systems. This means that every person in the supply chain – from the manufacturer to the intermediary to the end consumer – can check whether the product in question is actually genuine or whether it is a counterfeit. Simple. Offline. Secure.
