Sure, security is important when toting break room sketches of future inventions and PDF menus of your favorite eateries, but this here just might be overkill. While there's a
slew of
security-focused flash drives
already calling your name, this prototype boasts no fewer than three layers of protection to ensure your data stays put. The 007 USB Flash Drive gets its design cues from those bike lockers used to secure your wheels to any halfway sturdy object, and boasts combination locks on the steel wire, the stainless steel cap, and even requires a password once the pesky cap is torched off. While this looks more like an idea than a product in the final stages of production, it certainly wouldn't surprise us to see these hanging right beside the handcuffs (or
biometric locks) in a few months.
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posted Dec 4th 2006 4:58AM
I'm pretty sure if someone stole that they'd have no problem cracking it in about 10 minutes with simple trial and error.
So the security is more just a "Look everyone, it takes me longer to plug my USB drive in because I have to waste time unlocking this!".
And it looks pretty sucky too. They could of given it something sleeker.
Stupid: Yes
Badass: Yes
I still want one.
Weird product photo. 666.
It's usb based right? So usb drives can be physically locked, it would have to use a laptop/pc lock port.. so surely (am i naive?) one could pull the usb key, reboot the machine, and then who gives a hubri what the password to the combination is? Or will the software require the usb key to be plugged in all the time? In which case it would need an override in case it was forgotten... I had a usb lock for my laptop once = the unit was well made, but the software was so pasty it wasn't even worth bothering with - you could just walk around it with 2 key presses.
The evil side of me says grab it and throw it in a river or other such readily inaccessible place.
Where's yer snooty-assed top secret data NOW fancy pants?
Gosh is this old!
http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/08/7190/
I get no spam.
Looks cool, I want one if I can disable the propably software-password portion of the device
They had me at combination.
This is silly. You'd get a lot better protection by simply encrypting the drive's contents. You can do that on any USB drive for free, and if you use the right software to do it, it will take decades or longer for anyone (including you) to crack it.
What 3 layers of security? I only see 2. The combination lock and the cable are the same layer! You get the combination and the cable is undone as well!
As for aquirinf it, I could always just cut the "Cable" with my Leatherman Tool and then take my time with the combination and password later.
I think that this product is to give the illusion of security, not actual security. It makes you feel safer. What people do NOT realize is that this not only makes it a target, but it also lulls the owner of the device into a false sense of security and safety. SO most people who get one of these will assume that their data is safer, and not keep as good an eye on it.
This also does not look like it could be hidden in a pocket as well. It just screams "STEAL ME!!!" I'll stick to my generic looking keychain style ones. They do not stand out in a croud, and look boreing and easy to hide and ignore.