Huge USB drive capacities have encouraged users to carry lots data while on the go, and even run software, email clients, or entire operating systems from these tiny little devices which have little or no intrinsic security structure. Generally speaking, whomever holds the USB drive has full and unfettered access to all information it contains. Plug it in, open up a folder and there it is.
Recovering lost and accidentally erased data is one thing, but what happens if you loose a 64GB USB drive packed full of confidential details? Encryption is a good answer. It’s a security system to make data unreadable to everyone but the rightful owner, so in the event a USB drive is lost at least the data won’t be compromised too.
That’s the sales pitch behind the SuperTalent Luxio, a 64GB USB drive which boasts AES-256 hardware encryption. It sounds secure, yet PCSTATS was able to crack the security on the Luxio USB drive W-I-D-E open. In this review we’ll explain how you can gain full and unfettered access to the “encrypted” files in about 10 seconds without any special tools, or even a correct password.
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