Corsair releases "Flash Padlock" PIN-based flash drive
By Conrad Quilty-Harper 
posted Aug 18th 2007 2:19PM
posted Aug 18th 2007 2:19PM
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How exactly does being hardware based make it impervious to hackers?
it doesn't.
It doesn't. I beleive I saw a hardware alarm-panel numpad cracker on hackaday some time ago.
Another hardware bruteforce crackers: http://web.mit.edu/kvogt/www/safecracker.html
One good tug and that thing will come right off...
impervious? Not hardly.
The lock doesn't keep it from coming out of you computer, it just secures the data once you remove it.
"the downside is that if your computer's USB ports are out of reach" is not a downside because you can get a usb extension cable, I think anyone that reads/writes engadget can figure that out. Very smart device, and I hope that the contents of the EEPROM are encrypted
Well this will keep out stupid people, but not people who really want to get in. It'd be good for college. But I think having to enter the password would get annoying fast
It's a horrible thing when colleges are all filled with the stupid people!
What I meant was, most colleges kids I know, aren't great with computers. With the exception of those in computer or science related fields.
I like this. I might buy it.
I bet 7/10 purchasers of these thing will use them to stash pr0n secretly. "hmm? oh it just has business documents on it, that's all".
Here's a good article on it and another unique drive from Corsair.
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=440
Would this work on a Mac?
its hardware based, you could use it with anything which supports usb
i think the question that everyone wants answered is: Will it Blend??
The question I want answered is how much longer I have to deal with stupid comments about stuff blending.
shutup.
i never really liked rocker anime freaks anyways
might be a good idea to add a feature where after a certain amount of tries it in a given time it erases the data. Either that, or disable the locking mechanism after a number of wrong entries for 24 hours. Sure it would be hacked, but by then you'd be dead and not giving a shit.
This product won't heart your back. Flash Padlock is battery equipped so you don’t have to connect it to a computer in order to unlock it. First you unlock it, then you have 15 seconds to connect it to the computer before it automatically re-locks.
Sorry, meant to say "hurt"...
STFU "Mat O." not like i like people whose names begin with "Matnd end with "O". and i didn't really start the blender stuff i just happened to find it here on engadget in like two other posts. so ya just back off..