Secure Data with the USB Fingerprint Reader

We all have data that we would rather keep from prying eyes, be it a dubious video downloaded from an equally dubious video site or the latest company accounts that make especially grim reading (which you fully intend to release only having secured alternative employment). Of course there are various methods of ensuring privacy available, from simply encrypting the files in a secured compressed folder to altogether more drastic methods – such as saving all the files to a particularly small USB flash drive before attaching said drive to the collar of Cuddles the Pit Bull Terrier.

Alternatively you could rely on biometric encryption thanks to this Hyundai USB Fingerprint reader which utilises AES standard encryption and comes not only with the ability to secure files and folders but with a screen saver lock and Windows login and web locks. However, with this device costing a mere $25 (from this online retailer), and with similar systems having been hacked with something as simple as a photocopy of the required fingerprint, we suspect that people looking for professional levels of data security should look elsewhere.

[Source | Gadgetizer via Popgadget]