Thanko's USB lock protects you from imbeciles, thumbless woodland animals
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Aug 6th 2008 3:12AM
posted Aug 6th 2008 3:12AM
[Via Akihabara News]
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Muahahahaha! I just found the Christmas Bonuses for my staff!
along with replacement USB drives when they forget their combination and smash it?
Give them prelocked flashdrives. The real bonus is figuring out the combination just to find its a 64mb drive.
Fail Colin Fail...
The double-bonus could be that you need to unlock the drive in order to find the unlock code that's on the drive.
Thanko hires mad scientists
Thank you ShogunMaster - I nearly peed my pants on that one... which probably would broke that lock if I had it in my pocket
Finally I can save my spreadsheets without looking over my shoulder!
People trying to cash in on random not that great ideas.
What, in the Where was I?
for some reason i feel it says "Jetpack not included" but i'm not sure why...
It secures you data only in the sense that it stops it from feeling insecure about not being worth stealing.
When I relocate this fall to the colony of sloths a few hundred miles north of where I currently live, I'll buy this. Seems like a steal!
3 things come to mind.. "The data on this is worth stealing", "The owner is paranoid", "The user doesn't know about file encryption"
A THREE number code to unlock it!
Damn that's.... that must be MILLIONS of combinations.
Translation- "invest in latest Chinese encryption algorithm"
Dude, that's Japanese.
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I do believe it will enhance security, as a decoy.
imbeciles: that'll be anyone working for the UK government then. Time to buy some shares in Thanko.
Why not just using truecrypt?
It would look very strange if it were attached to one of these flashdrives.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/04/sawed_off_usb_flash_drive_is_badass_in_a_nerdy_kind_of_way_just_like_you-2.html
I'm thinking this can be improved by adding a tamper protection that fills the connector with a quick drying epoxy or sends damaging voltage down the USB pins.
Then you lose your data as well. Is it worth it?
is it TSA approved?
I Highly doubt it, this thing wouldn't be certified by a dead horse.
Thank you, Thanko!
The greatest company in the world.
the best sequel to the portable safe. if only portable safes were so easy to open. I agree with Likedonduan, encrypting your file is much more reliable.
Engadget likes using headlines, doesn't use "and" in conjunctions.
Wow... something like this has been out for a while, and deal-a-day sites can't even sell them. Beware, if this is anything like the other version (which I got in a Woot BoC), the release will break, and you'll lose your flash drive. These are a bad, bad, bad idea.
Just use software encryption on your network, i.e. something like Credent for mobile devices.
Here is USB Lock software that can be effectively be used to protect information on PCs and Networks.
To protect information inside PCs Laptops and usb drives.
http://www.advansysperu.com/usb_lock_standard.html
For Networks or Workgroups.
http://www.advansysperu.com/usb_lock_remote_protect.html