Search Options
close
Search the following clips:
All Clips
Everyone's Clips
My Guides
Sign Up
Install
Learn More
Login
How Security Companies Sucker Us With Lemons
arifsali
follow
0
5-15-2007 5:18 PM
287 views
tags:
security
,
technology
,
encryption
Add a Comment
Login
to Comment. Not a member yet?
Sign up
Related Clips
Hackers get hold of critical internet flaw
Gizmo's Best-Ever List Of Freeware
Obama Agrees with Permanent Iraq Bases
Russia proposes orbital ballistic missles
Are you Ready to be Chipped?
"My First-Hand Experience with Gov't Spies"
SuperModels in Rehab
More clips from
arifsali
Apollo 14 astronaut claims aliens HAVE mad...
Iran's stunning wooden village
What Do Prisoners Make for Victoria's Secret?
Today's Top Clips
Complete dinosaur skeleton found in Mongolia
That "do you have any Grey Poupon" joke is officially over
Should have killed him
YOU JUST GOT SCREWED and Nobody Will tell you! URGENT!!
Scientists Find the Trigger of the Northern Lights
Will Space-Based Solar-Powered Lasers Solve Our Energy Future?
Geologic Evidence of the Cause of Global Warming and Cooling
Convicted killer’s last words before execution: Vote Obama
Wackiest Trucks
The World´s Most Overlooked Dictators
visit the
Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from
May 15, 2007
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/92bb96bf-cbcc-4df3-a04d-5efff38c5180/5B008503-A71A-4F11-B6A0-9266148DC9B4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/04/securitymatters_0419" href="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/04/securitymatters_0419" style="font-size: 11px;">www.wired.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/04/securitymatters_0419"><P>More than a year ago, I wrote about the increasing risks of data loss because more and more data fits in smaller and smaller packages. Today I use a 4-GB USB memory stick for backup while I am traveling. I like the convenience, but if I lose the tiny thing I risk all my data. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/04/securitymatters_0419"><P> Encryption is the obvious solution for <A href="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2006/01/70044">this problem</A> -- I use PGPdisk -- but <A href="http://www.secustick.nl/engels/index.html">Secustick</A> sounds even better: It automatically erases itself after a set number of bad password attempts. The company makes a bunch of other impressive claims: The product was commissioned, and eventually approved, by the French intelligence service; it is used by many militaries and banks; its technology is revolutionary. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/04/securitymatters_0419"><P> Unfortunately, the only impressive aspect of Secustick is its hubris, which was revealed when Tweakers.net <A href="http://tweakers.net/reviews/683">completely broke</A> its security. There's no data self-destruct feature. The password protection can easily be bypassed. The data isn't even encrypted. As a secure storage device, Secustick is pretty useless. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5B008503-A71A-4F11-B6A0-9266148DC9B4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
Clipmarks
Home
New Clips
Top Clips
Dashboard
Popular Topics
News
Life
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Get Started
Sign Up
Install Clipping Tool
How Clipping Works
Clip-to-Blog™
ClipSearch
Tools and Resources
FAQ
ClipWeek
Top Clippers
Top Tags
Site Map
About Clipmarks
About Us
Contact
Blog
Copyright
Privacy
EULA
OK
