Happy New Year! Lately, it seems security has been a big issue for our American counterparts. In the earlier part of 2013, Edward Snowden left the country, and met with journalists to discuss his findings.

Superb unit for mobile safekeeping the way encryption should always be done - on the hardware level. The software is excellent, it does what it's suppose to in mounting as another independent drive, and most importantly, no files inside it touch the external main drive so it acts as a secure...

The world is a scary place, and some of your most valuable data-be it medical information, business records, or government secrets-lives not on paper, but in zeros and ones. To keep your private data safe and secure, Kingston has the DataTraveler Vault Private, the single-user companion to the...

Hardware-based 256-AES encryption with additional Chain Block Cipher (CBC).

No USB 3.0 support

Many of us love the convenience of being able to plug in USB devices, spend a few seconds transferring that half-completed report or essay, and being able to stash it in our pocket.

If the flash drive was not properly deactivated or ejected, you're locked out of the flash drive; meaning your password will not work. The only way to reset the password is to erase the contents of the flash drive.

Attractive Design; Easy To Set Up; Portable

There are quite a few "knock-offs" of this technology on the market for the cheap- basically involving a program used to encrypt the usb contents (while still being readable). This stick is fantastic in that it actually mounts as two partitions.

secure data; cannot brute-force encryption; virus/malware-proof

more expensive than 'dumb' usb

A comprehensive solution from BlockMaster with many options allowing enterprises to retain control of its deployed USB devices, which should go some way to calming enterprise fears about data loss through users misplacing or having these small, removable devices stolen.

Password protected; AES 256-bit encrypted; good management options

No Linux support

The Kingston DataTraveler Vault Privacy is secure enough to protect government data, so it's good enough for us. It's read and write speeds aren't amazing, but the price tag is tempting for the privacy it affords.

Very handy with my Android phone, form factor is handy, no problems so far (although I haven't had it for long yet).

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