Comments on: More than a Number on my Little Black Brick http://www.sciencetext.com/more-than-a-number-on-my-little-black-brick.html Sciencetext Tech Talk, PC tips, blog hacks, browsing, blogging, social media Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:01:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/more-than-a-number-on-my-little-black-brick.html/comment-page-1#comment-168911 David Bradley Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:23:54 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1774#comment-168911 My Corsair PadLock has died. But, in looking for troubleshooting tips I came across a very worrying tip. Apparently, although you have to tap your keys to unlock the PadLock the contents are not actually encrypted by the PIN, which means anyone with some electronics knowledge could open the plastic casing, take out the chip, wire it up and read the contents with almost no trouble at all! I've taken a hammer to mine and will start using TrueCrypt on its replacement forthwith. My Corsair PadLock has died. But, in looking for troubleshooting tips I came across a very worrying tip. Apparently, although you have to tap your keys to unlock the PadLock the contents are not actually encrypted by the PIN, which means anyone with some electronics knowledge could open the plastic casing, take out the chip, wire it up and read the contents with almost no trouble at all! I’ve taken a hammer to mine and will start using TrueCrypt on its replacement forthwith.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/more-than-a-number-on-my-little-black-brick.html/comment-page-1#comment-110435 David Bradley Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:04:23 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1774#comment-110435 I'll contact Corsair and see if I can get a price... I’ll contact Corsair and see if I can get a price…

]]> By: ChemSpiderMan http://www.sciencetext.com/more-than-a-number-on-my-little-black-brick.html/comment-page-1#comment-110215 ChemSpiderMan Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:35:27 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1774#comment-110215 Very cool.... No obvious price on the Corsair website. Amazon shows out of stock and based on comments there gen 2 is worth waiting for... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013NNPYG Very cool…. No obvious price on the Corsair website. Amazon shows out of stock and based on comments there gen 2 is worth waiting for… http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013NNPYG

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