http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Apr 16th 2008 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/
$424 for 8 gigs, are you kidding ?]]>Apr 16th 2008 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/
unless of course its the top secret documents of aliens =] ]]>Apr 16th 2008 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Apr 16th 2008 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Apr 16th 2008 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Apr 16th 2008 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Apr 16th 2008 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/spend a lil more, & you could get an Eeepc]]>Apr 16th 2008 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Nothing!]]>Apr 16th 2008 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/]]>Apr 16th 2008 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Apr 17th 2008 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/
Or @Wwhat... TrueCrypt is/can be a portable app. Just keep that on spare space on the USB drive!

Now I know where all my tax-payers money disappears to, buying stuff like this without any research!]]>Apr 17th 2008 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/
With truecrypted stick they could do this kind of attack:

1) copy your encrypted store
2) replace truecrypt.exe with one that asks key and emails it to them
3) start using copied store ]]>May 20th 2008 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Just never allow TrueCrypt to access the internet.]]>Jun 13th 2008 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/
However, I'm pretty sure the $400 could have been better spent developing some system so that the fed employees don't lose the damn thing in the first place. If they can lose hundreds of laptops a year, how many of these can they lose?]]>Apr 16th 2008 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Apr 16th 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/
I KEEED... I love Canada!]]>Apr 16th 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/May 24th 2008 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Apr 16th 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Apr 16th 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Apr 16th 2008 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/But I see the logic, get companies to write it off their tax, and get the government to use tax-money to make them rich, it's the smart thing to do, especially since the government is dumb and will pay quadruple guaranteed.
]]>Apr 16th 2008 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Apr 16th 2008 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Apr 20th 2008 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/IronKey is 128bit AES VS 256 AES

256-bit AES encryption is not twice as strong as AES - twice 128-bit encryption would be 129-bit encryption. In fact, 256-bit AES is the square of the strength of 128-bit.
That means AES 256-bit encryption is 340,282,366,920,938,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times as secure as 128-bit.
And that enormous difference is the reason why AES 256-bit meets the minimum standards for the most data

So, you still think they're the same?]]>May 14th 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/Jun 26th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/kingstons-datatraveler-blackbox-usb-drives-meet-federal-securit/TrueCrypt can be "installed" on a USB drive but you
can not use it if Truecrypt is not already installed on a PC.

http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=administrator-privileges
So Truecrypt is not a fully portable solution.]]>Jul 21st 2008 2:55AM