I recently admitted my favoritism toward Corsair’s ultra-rugged and admittedly unattractive Survivor flash drive. And while the Survivor is secure in many obvious ways (such as against water and shock), its electronic security is software-based, and therefore susceptible to the prying keystrokes of the technologically-savvy. Corsair’s latest release adds a bit of top-level security to keep those less-savory folks from ever even getting a shot at cracking your internal code.
The Padlock 2 flash drive incorporates an external keypad that allows you to enter your own 4-to-10-digit PIN for hardware-level 256-bit security encryption. Without entering the PIN on the external device, your data is secure and unobtainable. If someone does get ahold of your drive, the device will lock for two minutes after repeated failed entries. And if you forget your PIN? The data on the device can be permanently cleared and the PIN reset.
An 8 GB storage capacity is nothing extraordinary these days, but leaves plenty of room for music, videos, or bits of naughtiness (if you’re so inclined). But make sure to keep a back-up elsewhere, because if someone does get ahold of it, they won’t be able to access your data, but should they clear it with a reset, your dirty secrets will be lost forever.
And that would just be a shame.
