CibbuanoAn encrypted USB drive with Fingerprint Access.
December 7th 2006 10:05
How about an USB drive which is secured with a finger print reader? You might wonder why you need such a thing especially when you see the Pound 59 price tag for an USB drive. Well, the idea behind this is that this USB drive can be shared by a group of users (if not single person who does not care about spending that much money for a USB drive with a Thumb reader)for storing sensitive information such as passwords etc:-
And this is what the new Sony USB Fingerprint Micro Vault offers.
You might be wondering how this can be shared since this is protected by the Thumbreader. Well the good thing about this drive is that it is protected with a single password and then you can register many thumbs. Yes, it means multiple thumb impressions can be stored. SO everyone using it is just has to remember the master password incase the thumb reader fails them.
The 128 MB drive also offers the following features:-
*ID/password auto-login allows for you to use the key to store all those website logins.
*File and directory encryption allows you to encrypt much larger files using the key,
*A screen-saver lock ability instead of a screensaver password. This means that once the screensaver is loaded no one can access your PC without using your fingerprint or inputting your password to release the screensaver.
*Access to Internet Explorer favourites stored on the flash drive.
Note:- All of these features are Windows only.
Check out this cool gadget at Sony's website.
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