I got this to store my passwords, and it works fine for that. It didn't really need to have 8 GB for that purpose, but I couldn't find a passwordable thumb drive of decent quality for a lower price. The steel construction and substantial weight certainly inspires confidence.

When you plug it in, it launches a password prompt, then gives access to the information on a new drive thats invisible until you put in the password. Quality USB stick.

Reliable launcher; quality construction

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In a changing digital world it's important to have some record of all your logins, codes, and passwords. Put them in a booklet of some sort and you're totally screwed if someone else gets their hands on that book. This is the solution.

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Can A Pro Hack It

Recently, I had a discussion with one of my friends regarding the ownership of police electronic countermeasures in my vehicle. I have written an article on such a topic a few years go, which can be found here .

Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ G2 Review -  Like to store your important documents, presentations, product sales report, or some private photos of yourselves (ahem) in your USB flash drive?

There are two types of flash drive users. The first is the usual type that many of us are. The one that simple use it to transport random data from one location or PC to another. I can honestly say I believe that 85% of flash drive users fall in this category.

A well made, robust, secure, good value for money, flash drive, with fast transfer rate.

Well made/robust; easy to set up and use; secure password data protection; fast data transfer rate

Not all the 32GB can be used; the key ring/tie has little strength

Kingston's 16GB DataTraveler Locker relies on software locking out a partition. We much prefer this to the common hardware encryption, which first mounts a virtual CD drive and then upon proper authentication shows the data partition. The problem with this?

Software-based encryption means the non-encrypted partition is viewable on all operating systems; file system willing; Impressive sequential and 4K random read speeds; Five-year warranty

Encrypted partition is viewable under Windows only

The most basic form of memory storage today is the flash drive. Since the preponderance of USB flash drives, I've forgotten and lost many. Their small size is to blame for that, but it's hard to deny they're essentially indispensable.

The Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ 16GB is a secure USB flash drive that offers public and encrypted partitions