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7 Secure USB Drives Reviewed
jcatcw writes "Computerworld has reviewed seven USB drives that use either encryption or a physical keypad to protect stored data, and found big differences in I/O speeds, ease of use and strength of security. In the case of the drive using a key pad, the editors were able to break open the device and access the data, bypassing the PIN security. They also state that there is little difference between 128-bit and 256-bit AES encryption because neither has been broken yet. The drives reviewed were the SanDisk Cruzer, the Lexar JumpDrive, the Kingston DataTraveler, the Imation Pivot Plus, the Corsair Survivor, the Corsair Padlock and the IronKey Secure USB Drive. The editors chose the IronKey as the most secure."
How are any of these better than using TrueCrypt in traveller mode? The only thing I can think of is that TrueCrypt requires administrator rights to use. And I suppose they may be easier to use for people who don't know much about computers or encryption. But I trust TrueCrypt a hell of a lot more than anything which comes preinstalled on these things.