More USB idiocy

I have written about really stupid USB security more than once but this has got to be the absolutely stupidest thing ever. (or if your the guy selling it I guess it is pure brilliance.) The previous USB security measures I wrote about claimed to be one thing and turned out to be another like using XOR when you claim to be using AES or just not using anything at all. In this case however there are no extravagant claims just a simple combination lock to physically lock your USB drive. A combination lock with only three digits, a combination lock that a three year old could probably open inside of five minutes. Granted this things only costs $7 but just how rock hard hard stupid do you have to be to use something like this even if it was free?

About Space Rogue

With over two decades of experience, Space Rogue (Cris Thomas) has testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and has been interviewed by Wired, CNBC and even MTV. He created the wildly popular websites the Whacked Mac Archives and Cyber Squirrel 1. He produced the weekly podcast SpiderLabs Radio, and the critically acclaimed weekly news video program the Hacker News Network. His writing has appeared in Network Computing, New Statesman, The Hill, and the Christian Science Monitor. He has spoken at security conferences such as Def Con, Blackhat, and Shmoocon. Space Rogue currently works as the Global Lead of Policy and Special Initiatives for the legendary IBM X-Force.
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