Cheap combination locks are generally a doddle to crack, by either physical or logical brute force. Besides, the determined data thief could just open the drive and bypass the connector altogether.
When I see security I reach for my trusty catapult. #
Posted Thursday 7th August 2008 08:27 GMT
On the face of it a good developement although there is always a but. Surely, the best security is to keep the possibly offending flash drive in your pocket/brief case when it is not in use. I do not forsee any problem in hogging one USB outlet as there are several "multi" devices available, I have a seven outlet one myself, and these could be used in conjunction with other devices into infinity, and my computer has four outlets as well.
WD My Passport Essential 500GB Portable Hard Drive - Black (USB 2.0)
WD Caviar Black 1TB Hard Drive (Serial ATA-300, 7,200 RPM, 32MB)
WD My Book Essential Edition External 1TB Hard Drive (USB 2.0, 16MB)
Intel X25-M Gen2 160GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (SATA)
WD My Passport Essential Portable 320GB Hard Drive - Black (USB 2.0)
Physical USB security
David Gosnell
Secure? #
Posted Wednesday 6th August 2008 11:47 GMT
Cheap combination locks are generally a doddle to crack, by either physical or logical brute force. Besides, the determined data thief could just open the drive and bypass the connector altogether.
Francis Offord
When I see security I reach for my trusty catapult. #
Posted Thursday 7th August 2008 08:27 GMT
On the face of it a good developement although there is always a but. Surely, the best security is to keep the possibly offending flash drive in your pocket/brief case when it is not in use. I do not forsee any problem in hogging one USB outlet as there are several "multi" devices available, I have a seven outlet one myself, and these could be used in conjunction with other devices into infinity, and my computer has four outlets as well.
Andraž Levstik
I'm stumped... #
Posted Thursday 7th August 2008 09:07 GMT
So here I stole this interestingly protected usb stick... but I can't plug it in do I
a) give up on it
b) take a screwdriver to it and dismantle it, desolder the original connector and
solder on a new one
I'll go with option b...
5 minutes later
Ahh so this is what the government has been up to...