Apricorn's Aegis Padlock Secure USB HDD goes Pro, solid state

You gain an immense sense of security when your gadget has a number pad on it, but if last year's Aegis Padlock Secure drives weren't quite sophisticated enough for you, this year's Pro revision might fit into your dashing lifestyle of international mystery and intrigue. The new version from Apricorn comes exclusively with 256-bit AES encryption and, if you don't mind platters, offers up to 640GB worth of storage for $199. But nothing says you've made it quite like solid state storage, and for $419 you can get 128GB of the stuff, or 256GB for $799. Nobody said living dangerously would be cheap!

[Xa4 Posted Mar 28th 2010 6:00PM]

Indeed, I would get an immense sense of security when my porn was stored on this thing.

[Evodadi Posted Mar 28th 2010 6:15PM]

@Xa4

definitely gotta get porn some ultra high security ;)

[engadgetcomexcludeengadget Posted Mar 28th 2010 9:18PM]

@Xa4 You mean you only have 640gb of porn? Or were you planning on buying multiple drives?

[TerrorX Posted Mar 28th 2010 6:06PM]

Cause you know putting the number in via software is oh so hard...
Sounds like a nice way to slap a big price tag on..

[PaulMdx Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:43AM]

@TerrorX If you don't need software as well as the PIN, I think this would be great for less techie users. Our users hate using software encrypted USB sticks as the software is slow to load and a pain to use. Just typing in your PIN and plugging it in would be excellent. They need to do smaller capacity drives though.

[Aurailious Posted Mar 28th 2010 6:06PM]

Thats rather expansive, but I guess worth it to those who need it. Luckily I do not need this.

Glad to know its available if circumstances change, though.

[PhoenixFox Posted Mar 28th 2010 6:09PM]

Is THIS one unhackable?

[BigD145 Posted Mar 28th 2010 6:38PM]

@PhoenixFox Nothing is unhackable if you can get physical access.

[PhoenixFox Posted Mar 28th 2010 6:41PM]

@PhoenixFox

I know, I'm doing an honours degree in hacking and countermeasures :P

I was referring to the earlier story about the "unhackable" USB drive.

[s2m0 Posted Mar 28th 2010 6:30PM]

If it's anything like the shitty Apricorn 2.5" HDD enclosure that came with my Intel 160GB X-25M, this is a must NOT buy.

The enclosure was great build quality, but the PCB was terrible.

I put an SSD in my T400 and my G73JH, and both original SATA drives from those laptops stop responding during file transfers when put in the Apricorn enclosure. Even with an external 5V 2A adapter plugged into it. So it's definitely not a power issue.

Here's the fail enclosure:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=103022

[kaasinees Posted Mar 28th 2010 6:35PM]

just use truecrypt... its free

[Pickaxe Posted Mar 28th 2010 7:13PM]

@kaasinees Exactly. And multiplatform. And I'd feel much safer with it than any other solution.

[Let1me1in Posted Mar 28th 2010 6:36PM]

Secured porn at a premium.

[mp3 Posted Mar 28th 2010 10:03PM]

I'll keep using TrueCrypt on my inexpensive USB-HDD.

[buoy Posted Mar 28th 2010 11:35PM]

Just use TrueCrypt and............. BAH... somebody beat me to it *waves fist violently in air*.


hrmph!

[MarkB Posted Mar 29th 2010 12:51AM]

If you want to know the owner's code, just hit the "redial" button and... you're in!