IronKey, by Imation, is a pretty well-known name for secure drives it's F200 with built-in finger-swipe (pictured above) and throws in multi-factor authentication for your files. If you think reaching for the number pad is an issue, there's also a few biometric USB flash drives. They include the Aegis Secure Key 3.0, a $65 flash drive at 4GB with FIPS 140-2 Level 3 encryption (pictured right it also comes in 8, 16, and 32GB versions). You enter a PIN code before you can access the contents. But if you want security from the start, there are plenty of drives that come with security built right into the hardware.Ī few select flash drives have a number pad right on the drive itself. So using third-party software to secure their contents makes great sense. There are millions of USB flash drives around-I have three of various capacities littering my desk at the moment.
#How to use veracrypt with amazon drive for mac#
If you prefer to pay, check out the $12.99 EncryptStick, which comes for Mac and Windows. BitLocker, which comes with select versions of Windows (the non-"Home" versions), can also be used to secure USB or external drives. Another free option is CipherShed both are off-shoots of the late, great TrueCrypt. The VeraCrypt site has an excellent step-by-step tutorial. That makes a portable version, so you don't need to have VeraCrypt on every system that you'll plug the drive into-but it does have to be on an administror-level log-in on the PC. Do that and extract the files to your USB Drive.
#How to use veracrypt with amazon drive install#
When you go to install VeraCrypt, there's an option to Extract. With the latter, even if you're forced to give up the password, it's unlikely anyone can find your data to get access anyway. The volumes created by VeraCrypt can be standard-they're visible but only the person with the password can get access-or hidden. That last one is overkill stick to the first few options. It lets you create a volume/vault on your USB flash drive that only you can access, or encrypt an existing drive (as long as it isn't system necessary, like your C: drive), or optionally, encrypt the entire system drive so anyone who tries to install programs or read/write files would need to enter a password each time. It's free, open-source, and Windows-only. A current favorite these days is VeraCrypt.
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