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USB Combination Lock – a security joke?

One large nation-wide retailer is selling the following item on its web site:

USB Combination lock of sale

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The web site urges you to get the device to “… keep your files safe”. Yet the combination lock contains only 2 digits (or just 100 possible combinations, from 00 to 99). How long would it take for someone to discover the combination, two minutes or maybe three???

For real security, consider a software encryption solution such as our USBCrypt. It lets you encrypt any USB drive (even those without any combination locks!) with strong AES encryption and thus make sure that no one would be able to get to your important files without the correct password.