ON THE CUTTING EDGE: “Super-Secure” USB Stick By Victorinox Includes Fingerprint Scanner
Swiss Army Knife manufacturer Victorinox has launched a new super-secure memory stick, the Victorinox Secure, that includes such security features as Advanced Encryption Standard 256, a fingerprint scanner and thermal sensor ("so that the finger alone, detached from the body, will still not give access to the memory stick's contents") and a self-destruct mechanism, reports PCWorld:
Being a Swiss Army Knife, the Secure also comes with a variety of other features including an LED mini light, retractable ballpoint pen, blade, scissors, nail file, screwdriver, and key ring.
Victorinox says that during the Secure's launch event in London, the company offered a team of professional hackers close to $150,000 if they could get past the Secure's security measures.The prize money went unclaimed, Victorinox says, and the company did not identify the hackers.
The USB drive, which comes in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB sizes, sells for $75 to $270.
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