This is clearly not meant for end consumers, who may or may not even be keeping confidential documents on the drive. It is meant for corporate customers who already buy secure tokens for things like vpn access, and who are also looking for some heavyweight encryption on removable storage (since a population of users is going to have a certain loss rate of the drives). You solution really wouldn't fly in that environment.
And an easier and cheaper alternative to having a memory stick at all is just to REMEMBER the stuff you would have put on it... what a useless suggestion.
These things get lost all the time because they are small and unattached, not to mention that if you have any confidential data, it should not be written unencrypted to any disk, least of all a portable one.
I use TrueCrypt and TCExplorer, it's a good free option, but still a little clunky.
yeah, and easier, cheaper and AWFUL alternative, if you don't care at all what's on your flash drive. as a consultant, i use many computers and use my flash drive as a portable storehouse of many key personal and work files. as such, both encryption and online backup are great features.
Sure, and someone might accidently lose their drive with PII on it, and then have to disclose this in the news and give their company terrible PR and most probably cost them quite a bit of money...
So.. save a few dollars by going to Staples or save potential thousands, your job, and your company's by buying something secure, which would you chose?
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y3k.nik @ Apr 7th 2008 1:01PM
And the easier and cheaper alternative to this drive:-
Dont let your normal flash drive out of your sight, and save money.
josh @ Apr 7th 2008 1:43PM
This is clearly not meant for end consumers, who may or may not even be keeping confidential documents on the drive. It is meant for corporate customers who already buy secure tokens for things like vpn access, and who are also looking for some heavyweight encryption on removable storage (since a population of users is going to have a certain loss rate of the drives). You solution really wouldn't fly in that environment.
nh @ Apr 7th 2008 1:55PM
And an easier and cheaper alternative to having a memory stick at all is just to REMEMBER the stuff you would have put on it... what a useless suggestion.
These things get lost all the time because they are small and unattached, not to mention that if you have any confidential data, it should not be written unencrypted to any disk, least of all a portable one.
I use TrueCrypt and TCExplorer, it's a good free option, but still a little clunky.
Tonicboy @ Apr 7th 2008 2:01PM
yeah, and easier, cheaper and AWFUL alternative, if you don't care at all what's on your flash drive. as a consultant, i use many computers and use my flash drive as a portable storehouse of many key personal and work files. as such, both encryption and online backup are great features.
Rory W @ Apr 7th 2008 2:55PM
Sure, and someone might accidently lose their drive with PII on it, and then have to disclose this in the news and give their company terrible PR and most probably cost them quite a bit of money...
So.. save a few dollars by going to Staples or save potential thousands, your job, and your company's by buying something secure, which would you chose?