While there are existing after-market solutions for
anti-theft and tracking that can be wired into a vehicle’s electric system, or
slotted into the On-board diagnostics (OBD) port, clever thieves and OCGs
(organized criminal groups) have learned to bypass such security devices in
recent years, and now they routinely exploit the OBD port to compromise
on-board security solutions. Electronic entry protocols involving near-field
communications have actually exacerbated the problem in certain respects,
making it easier than ever for tech savvy criminals to get into vehicles and
jack into the OBD port, with recent cases showing that some thieves are now
able to simply lurk in parking areas and intercept the remote locking signal as
owners walk away from their vehicle.
The most recent data on vehicle theft in the U.S. from the
non-profit National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), which tracks auto theft and
insurance fraud, indicated a theft rate of around 800 vehicles per 100,000.
This data tracks very well against the more conservative FBI Uniform Crime
Reporting (UCR) Program data, which puts the figure closer to 230 per 100,000.
According to one of the top intelligence providers to the automotive industry,
SBD, vehicle theft rates are highest in South America and lowest in Europe.
However, Interpol analysis makes it clear that while less prevalent, vehicle
theft in Europe is much more well-coordinated overall, with vehicles
disappearing across borders into neighboring countries quite easily after their
security has been compromised.
Enter one Gopher Protocol Inc. (OTC: GOPH), which recently
filed a patent and trademark for its revolutionary new sticky patch package,
designed to offer consumers a surreptitious anti-theft global tracking solution
that does not require on-board GPS, and uses a standalone encrypted private
network. With battery power that lasts up to a year, the lightweight and
waterproof GopherAntiTheft™ (GAT) device can be hidden anywhere in or on the
vehicle and uses real-time heuristics to keep track of its location. This
ingenious fusion of technologies combines a patented integrated circuit known
as the GopherInsight™ chip, with a GPS chipset (where GPS is available) and/or
the GopherNET™ transceiver (in the case no GPS is available), as well as a unique
antenna that is married to the GopherAntiTheft (GAT) circuit.
This combination of a smart microchip/circuitry and
supporting software running on a server allows users to track the unit using a
mobile app or web browser, and can also help reduce insurance fees. Moving
forward the company anticipates that its technology should see broader adoption
across a variety of other markets, including smartphones and drones, as its
microchip technologies may be installed within mobile devices, or on SIM cards.
The GopherAntiTheft platform is also aligned with the goals of Horizon 2020,
the EU’s biggest research and innovation effort to date, with over €80 billion
in funding. Horizon 2020 is a financing framework designed to secure Europe’s
competitiveness by incubating breakthroughs and world-firsts under the auspices
of the Europe 2020 flagship initiative’s Innovation Union.
Headquartered in Perris, California, development-stage
Gopher Protocol sees a very bright future for its anti-theft technologies and
envisions the creation of a global network based on what it believes is the
first system of this type to use a human heuristic-based analysis engine. The
fact that the core element of the GopherAntiTheft platform is its smartchip
technology, which can be installed on any mobile device, the potential of a
parallel global network between mobile devices powered by GOPH technology
offers tantalizing possibilities. Including the ability to enhance mobile
device computing performance capabilities through the network, or provide
advanced database management and sharing capabilities, as well as as-yet
unforeseen features, whose implementation would be enabled by the presence of
the chip/access to the network.
Given that the latest International Data Corporation
analysis of the smartphone market projects a forward five-year CAGR of 7.4
percent, with around 1.43 billion units shipped last year, and that by the end
of 2016 82 percent of all mobile phones are expected be smartphones – the
market for GOPH is indeed quite large.
Take a closer look at this innovative anti-theft company by
visiting http://gopherprotocol.com
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