PrintPass is a fictional venture authored by MET student Victoria Olson.
This is my original venture idea: PrintPass. It is a multi-user profile system for the iPad, that stores user credentials for third-party apps across the device. With a simple touch of the user’s fingerprint to the Touch ID sensor, PrintPass will simultaneously sign into all apps on the device the user has paired with it, making it easy for students to switch between multiple iPad user profiles in schools in a quick and secure fashion.
Please enjoy my pitch videos, both elevator (1 min) & venture (8 min).
Victoria
No, I would not invest in PrintPass. Although I’m not going to lie, when I first read about it, I was excited! The pain point it attempts to solve is a big one when using shared technology- having to re-enter credentials across apps before each use (which for older students is not an issue, but when wokring with k-3 year olds, this process can be quite painful!) The solution? A fingerprint passcode that will sign you in across the device. I was thinking of how quickly and efficiently young students would be able to log into wherever is needed with minimal class time lost.
The venture however lost its worth once it said it would only be useful for newer IOS devices already capable of the touch ID (which is only the newer iPads). The problem is most schools do not have the newer models. PrintPass does try to counteract this problem by putting in a main passcode instead of the print for the older devices, but in education a 4 digit student generated code would not hold up for security/ privacy reasons