That raised the question of battery life. My first thought when I saw the keypad and its LEDs was that there had to be a battery powering them. I try to be safe when I walk down dark alleysīut you can’t have it both ways, so if you want a keypad to unlock the drive, you’re going to give up some space.

It’s not the largest USB drive I’ve used, but it’s up there.

making the keypad any smaller would have probably made typing your code less than pleasant. It was clearly a balancing act for Secure Data to find a relatively normal-looking size while still having a usable keypad. While it’s the same width as the BT model, it’s almost twice as long. The first thing you notice about this drive (other than the keypad) is the size. OS Compatability: Microsoft, iOS, Android, Linux, Chrome, Thin Clients, Embedded Systems (No software or drivers needed).Inactivity Autolock: Yes, predefined times between 0 and 60 minutes.Immune to Bad USB: Yes, no firware updates allowed.Brute-force defense: Data destruction after 10 consecutive incorrect PIN entry attempts.Tamper-proof: FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Compliant Design.Waterproof: IP57 (Certification Pending).Data Protection: Real time military grade AES – XTS 256-bit Full-Disk.Cryptographic Processes: AES-XTS 256 Bit Hardware Encryption (OS independent).Authentication mode: User Authentication onboard Keypad.Security Module Validation: FIPS 140-2 Level-3 (certification pending).Data transfer speed: Up to 130 MB per second read.

Just as with the Bluetooth drive, I’ll be sending this one back when I’m done.

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