Brando's 2.5-inch enclosure with "RFID security"

Egads, Brando has stepped out of their techno-kitsch stronghold and into something potentially useful. The appropriately cryptic STYSEN E08 is a 2.5-inch USB 2.0 SATA disk enclosure with a bit of RFID trickery baked in. With the RFID fob in hand (and at an unspecified range), the drive can be encrypted and decrypted -- an LED glows to communicate the drive's locked or unlocked state. Unfortunately, there's no details about the "hardware-based encryption" used which makes us wonder about the level of safety vs. gimmickry within. Yours for $56 with 2x RFID keys... you know, just in case.

[[e-mail] @ Jan 15th 2008 7:25AM]

wow, RFID security... oxymoron much?

[[e-mail] @ Jan 15th 2008 7:25AM]

wow, RFID security... oxymoron much?

[[e-mail] @ Jan 15th 2008 7:25AM]

wow, RFID security... oxymoron much?

[Aaron Wanker @ Jan 15th 2008 8:29AM]

wow, dude I hope your a girl, because the "blah-blah-blah much?!" thing is so preppy, it's bad enough when girls say stuff like that... plus hasn't saying that been 'out' for several years?

[[e-mail] @ Jan 15th 2008 7:26AM]

oh my god, my bad

[Krono6 @ Jan 15th 2008 8:13AM]

.. Someone's commenting on security, when they've just posted their e-mail address 4 times?

[Jack @ Jan 15th 2008 8:16AM]

mmm... delicious viagra....

[Eric @ Jan 15th 2008 8:24AM]

Every time I see that company name all I can think is:

Brando... It's got what geeks crave.

[Brian @ Jan 15th 2008 8:45AM]

It's got electrolytes!

Also, woohoo! Free virtual keychain light.

[Drew @ Jan 15th 2008 9:23AM]

@Eric as well...



Beat me to it! Love that movie.





RFID... ehhh... I personally don't like it.

[rcappo @ Jan 15th 2008 9:59AM]

I like this idea. But I wonder if it will work on Mac or Linux?

[cesium @ Jan 15th 2008 11:19AM]

silverstone has pretty much the exact same enclosure, and its already been reviewed:
http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/Silverstone_Treasure_TS-01_2.5inch_RFID_case/5494.html