EC of the future sent me here to thank you for this valuable information. 🤓I'll be ordering one ASAP.

@ExplainingComputers

4 ай бұрын

Greetings!

@onesandzeros

4 ай бұрын

Here from the assorted gadgets video? :)

@BartFlossom

4 ай бұрын

@@onesandzeros Right! This video was published before I was born; and I've been living under a rock ever since. 😏

@celiskurtis

4 ай бұрын

@@BartFlossom You are 7?

Thanks for the great video Chris. I think this is great especially for medical data. Whenever we go to the doctor in the US, for the first visit, we need to explain everything about our medical history. This will allow a person to take all the information, even X-Rays, and MRI pictures. Thank you for taking the time to show us this! Have a great week buddy! Rich

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rich. :)

Very good video as usual. I remember when I saw your first USB encryption video the only reason why I passed on the DatAsure drive was because it was USB 2.0. I didn't want a 2.0 drive. Glad to see they have a 3.0 drive now. Definitely going to buy this.

I purchases my last datashur USB 2.0 on the strength of your review. Now onto explaining to my lovely wife who will wonder why I will be purchasing the USB 3.0. Great segment Chris ( as usual ), please keep them coming.

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Good Luck explaining your intended purchase to your wife! Maybe show her the speed comparison in the video. :)

Where can I get a USB with a write protect tab? Please make a review on such USBs.

your channels definitely improving. keep up the great work man!!

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Many thanks. :)

Very good verbal and visual explanation! Thank you!

Thank you, this will solve a problem that we have where I work. The problem has been around for years since a policy was created to require encrypted flash drives and the only drives we could get were software encrypted.

Chris, thanks for another informative video. However you did`nt mention the relative costs of the drives?

Hi, thank you for all your production. Have you tried to recover data with ntfsundelete or other software tools on this device?

Good review and perf tests... Thanks.

Amazing video like always!

You hit 100,000 subs! Good job!

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Many thanks. :)

Thank you for this video. I was stuck and you helped me out.

i thik i need one!! Great Video!!

Chris, I love this product. I always got for hardware over software. This totally true for RAID's

That's really cool - and exactly what I've wanted for a couple decades now (but wasn't affordably available if at all).

Great job on this video!

You are my new favorite youtuber :D I am trying to get into single board computers and all that now, I have a banana pro coming in for christmas, and a small arduino in 2 weeks, Sorry for my english, I am from the Netherlands and I am only 14 years old. Good luck for the future!

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Many thanks! :) I have a lot of single board computer videos. And I really must get to making the Banana Pro NAS project I have been planning for so long. The Banana Pro is so suited to it due to the SATA port. Enjoy your forthcoming computer! :)

it seems the only downside to this device (other than the massive price due to having businesses as the target consumer) is that if the flash drive gets stolen, all one would have to do is type an incorrect password a few times and then the drive is brand new for the thief after all of the information is wiped. if it were up to me, i would have the drive contain an out of the box file that can't be deleted. that file would require the owner to put personal identification information on the drive. if the drive gets stolen the information will not be wiped no matter what, the drive would need to be physically brought in or mailed to the company with proof of identification to match the identity information on the file. it would then be returned or mailed to the owner. companies don't always want to provide too many side services and if the company shuts down then this can't happen, but on the upside, it would be 100% useless if thieves can't figure out the password. this will deter attempts from people trying to steal the drive for ownership. anyone who doesn't know the password won't bother stealing it either. even if it does get stolen there is a small chance for the owner to get it back and their information will still be intact.

Would be really good to see a review of the Corsair flash drive please

Thans for the video. I'm going to order a datAshur Encrypted USB drive, but how do I store my passwords on it? Do I install a password manager on the device itself?

I greatly enjoy your Channels. As a useful aside: I hate plastic Blister-packing! I feel it relevant to mention that I use a pair of 'straight ahead' style mechanically advantaged tin-snips for cutting such packages, and they go through the material with ease. It's my 2c (or 2p uk) worth.

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind feedback. The idea of the tin-snips for opening the packing is a great idea. I will try to remember it! :)

Can you show How to change the factory default PIN on datAshur Pro USB 3.0 ? Thank you .....Please help.

very nice

Love your videos...Keep it up...

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Many thanks. :)

cool usb, i may get one!

Em todo o KZread, é raro encontar um canal com um conteúdo rico, parabéns Christopher.

IT looks like a blue version of the Apricorn Aegis 3Z FIPS 140-2 Level 3 drives we have been using for a couple of years.

Does it have read only mode?

So apparently is has some sort of battery or super capacitor to allow you to enter the code before plugging it into the USB port. What is the battery or capacitor where to run down and you needed to use the drive? Would you have to recharge the device then unlock it? Also does it maintain it's security with a discharged battery?

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, it has a lithium polymer battery. If this runs down you would have to plug the device in to enter the code and recharge it. A flat battery does not impact security.

It's a bit pricey, though I appreciate it's a higher quality than the norm and very secure. I notice they have a "Personal" version which is cheaper. It'd be interesting to see that reviewed, as something like that would be ideal for my absent minded father.

unless its something sensitive you WANT to leave about like 'accidentally' leave on train, bus or public place, in which case any drive will do.

Hi Chris, I have been watching and supporting this channel for quite work time now (as you may have figured from how much I have interacted in the comments and was wanting to ask you something. I run a computer club for my local area, and some of your videos describe how to do things so well that I was wondering if I could use them. This wouldn't mean that I would release them on my own youtube channel, but I would download them for use with anyone in the club, whether they have an internet connection for not. I wanted to check this through with you before I did it, as you own the videos, and it is your choice how the get used. Many thanks!

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I have indeed read many of your comments! :) I have absolutely no problems with you showing my videos in your club, and indeed have much feedback regarding their use in schools. But this really should be playback from KZread if at all possible. Techically, even though I know that people do it, downloading anything from KZread breaks the Terms & Conditions of the site -- and it also does not help those of us who earn part of our living from KZread advertising.

@seberous

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I am looking into getting all of the computers onto the net, so watching on KZread will be possible. Of course I understand how you and other people have this as their job, and I hadn't thought about how downloading videos stops their income on the videos. I just thought it would be the right thing to ask you first. :)

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Baz_Man_03 Thanks for your understanding. :)

Have you tried, or compared it with, Ironkey drives?

@cldream

7 жыл бұрын

georgedebleu Also Kanguru ones.

Citrix is an operating system?

+ExplainingComputers, Interesting device, can this be formatted with another storage type / filesystem (ie. ext4, XFS, NTFS etc. -- I am presuming that the default filesystem is FAT32 with AES encryption incorporated into the firmware / kernel)? If I need to encrypt any storage medium / files, I tend to either use EncFS (FUSE-based cryptographic filesystem) or occasionally may use PGP based keys (or if I am feeling particularly paranoid and am storing very important data, I might use a combination of both EncFS and PGP). Only problem about this product, is the exuberant cost, from £69.00 (GBP) for 8GB to £129.00 for 64GB. On the plus side, I see that this product is compliment with various ISO / IEC standards. Also does the company (I-Storage) provide any form of long-term warranty or insurance for this product, what is the expected life-span of this device?

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

I said that in the video! :) There is no software to run, so it works on anything. I've even tried one on a Western Digital media player.

Did not show how to create password, how long can it be (number of characters) and I see letters on the number pad how does that work? any possibility of retrieving the encrypted data without decryption (opens the door for plain text attack) more security related info please... having said that I love your channel keep up the good work

interesting product. Do you have any videos on storing passwords and account info securely? Would this work well for this task?

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Uhm, I have never done a video on passwords/etc -- which is a great idea for a video! :) But yes, this device would be excellent for that purpose. I indeed use my Datashurs for exactly this purpose -- though a lower capacity USB 2.0 one is fine for data of this quantity. :)

@RichardEricCollins

7 жыл бұрын

I currently use pen and paper as it seems having them offline is better. But it is very inconvenient and can cause errors, is it a '1' or an 'l' type issues. I use the password generator on the norton site so that all accounts have a different password. I would prefer to store them in a file for easy access and copy paste to a password text box but before I saw this video I felt all media is insecure. One concern would be that is if I used a file on one of these devices would the OS cache a copy somewhere that could be read later by an infected website etc.. Or is that just too paranoid. :) Ta, Richard.

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Richard Collins Possibly too paranoid. One benefit of storing passwords electronically on a device like this is that you can copy-and-paste them, which means that a keylogger cannot capture a password. An alternative to using a device like a DatAShur is storing passwords in an encrypted container on a normal drive -- see my VeraCrypt video on that (this software is free).

@cyberneticube

7 жыл бұрын

As an alternative to storing them in an encrypted file, with VeraCrypt or the like, which you have to open and manually copy/paste from, you can use KeePass (Like LastPass but only stored locally), with a plugin called KeePassHTTP and a plugin for your browsers, ChromeiPass for Chrome/Chromium, or FoxiPass for Firefox. It stores your passwords in an AES256bit encrypted file (which you can copy and back up anywhere, in a cloud service or on a USB-key), and the plugins are for auto-pasting your account info into the web browser. This way your browser does not store the credentials and you are one step closer to not being vulnerable to a leak. You can of course store any passwords you'd like, but KeePass cannot auto-paste them into any program. KeePass works on Windows, MacOS, Linux and Android, I would reckon it is also available in iOS, though I don't know if it is free on any platform, I only know it is in Linux.

What method is used to erase data and, assuming you can code a new key after breach-event erasure, can the data from the previous session be easily recovered?

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

The drive cannot be immediately re-used after a code-breach erasure (nice term!); there is both an initislization and a reformat process to go through, so I suspect that it would be very, very hard to get any data back. That is indeed the whole idea of the device!

I have one of these, boughtbit a couple years ago. differant name but exact same product in the US, name is Acorn or something to that equivilent. mine is only 16gig. granted they have limited space but, its hardware encryption, fare more secure and easy to use then software. alot more goes into making these then a normal usb stick. so the price premium is really not that bad considering.

Great video. Keep doing what you do. Looked at the price of the USB and it's not so cheap :P I've also got a request for another video, a video on keyboards without the specific Windows or OS X keys, with for example a Square on the "Windows key" instead or such.

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

I have a Windows keyboard shortcut video in the pipeline -- remember that you can always hold down Ctrl and press Esc to simulate the Windows key (in order to bring up the menu).

Is the internal battery of the drive charging itself when connected to a PC? or for how long will it last and what happens when it dies?

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, the lithium polymer battery charges when the device is connected to a PC. I think the rated life is 10 years.

@DimusTech

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the answer. I still wonder what will happen if the battery dies...

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

DimusTech Once the battery comes to the end of its life you would have to plug in the drive before entering the code in order to power it. But realistically, no computer storage solution lasts forever, so the expected life of the battery is not an issue.

@DimusTech

7 жыл бұрын

got it. thanks. I understood from the video that you checked other hardware encryption drives in the past, are you planing on doing something like it with new drives? I would love to see something like this.

Right now, others are selling it at £25 for the 4gb on the old version.

Can this be used with a smart tv to watch private videos? or even a Roku box?

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

Yes, because the encryption and interface are in the hardware, this works with any device that can read a USB drive. So yes, it will work with a smart TV or Roku box.

@lloyd6751

Жыл бұрын

@@ExplainingComputers Cheers

How does Hardware encryption compare to drive software encryption with something like Truecrypt?

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Hardware encryption should be more difficult to crack, as there is no way to get at the files. These days us VeraCrypt rather than TrueCrypt. :)

@cldream

7 жыл бұрын

Idjles Erle Hardware-based solutions tends to come up faster than software-based systems, but would only work on a handful of systems (e.g. computers with TPM, or self-encrypting media like in this video). Software-based is more convenient but the keys may be stored in other areas than just memory at decrypt time.

You should make a comparison of different encrypted USB 3 drives

@mclaine33

7 жыл бұрын

Well there aren't many on the market. He made a video 18 months ago showing the USB 2 drivers. This and one other are the only USB 3 drives available right now. Hardware encryption isn't always using the latest standards. For example USB 3.1 Type C is the latest USB standard but you won't find any hardware encryption devices for that just yet.

These drives cost quite a bit, but they are worth the money, im thinking about getting onw to store personal information and encryption keys on for all my software encrypted data, i like to adhere to encrypting all of my data, and something like this would be a great way to store recovery keys and what not.

@tjeulink

7 жыл бұрын

this would be incredible for a digital keychain!

@CondoreComputing

7 жыл бұрын

I was thinking so too. the main reason I don't use keychains for passwords is that I don't like to keep them all in one place. But with hardware encryption I wouldn't be so worried about it.

@tjeulink

7 жыл бұрын

connly33 what i have wanted for months is a hardware keychain that acts like a HID so you just select the account you want to log in for and it automatically enters the keystrokes for you.

what would happen if the battery went if it was not plugged in for say 10 years, would it automatically be wiped then ?

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

It would not be wiped, but you would have to connect to a USB port to power it and enter the PIN code.

@ronangsr

7 жыл бұрын

ExplainingComputers thanks for reply. perfect. just what I need to store my bitcoins

Is it 10 unsuccessful attempts in total or 10 consecutive unsuccessful attempts that wipes the files?

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Ten consecutive attempts! :)

Hi, is this drive NTFS or FAT32? and can It be formatted or will this erase the firmware? or is it held in ROM.

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

It's just a drive. I think mine came formatted FAT32, but you can format it with any file system you like. The encryption hardware is entirely separate from the storage space -- there is no software, firmware, password file or anything else held on it. That's why this is so secure -- the hardware takes care of the encryption, so as far as any computer is concerned it's just a drive to format and use as you so like.

@lloyd6751

Жыл бұрын

@@ExplainingComputers Thanks, you said " there is no software, firmware, password file or anything else held on it.". I find that hard to believe., Even the most secure usb crypto currency hardware wallets protecting millions of dollars use firmware. The hardware needs instructions to operate.

@ExplainingComputers

Жыл бұрын

I said there is no firmware on the storage. There is of course firmware in the electronics.

Perhaps you could make a video showing how to open blister packs safely.

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Now that is a WONDERFUL idea! :O

@ronalddavis

Жыл бұрын

i use my bandsaw

Just in time for more EC.

How do you reset it? I think I have lost my data after 10 attempts of putting in the pin, please help

@ExplainingComputers

6 жыл бұрын

After 10 wrong attempts you will have indeed lost your data, and will have to set a new password, as I show in the video. The manual is here: www.istorage-uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/datAshurPro_manual.pdf

@primgivens5393

6 жыл бұрын

ExplainingComputers thank you so much!

@primgivens5393

6 жыл бұрын

the manual website is inactive unfortunately but I was able to reset using your instructions, THANK YOU! my dissertation and I are very grateful.

@lucal7756

3 жыл бұрын

@@primgivens5393 images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/C1U5hdu6n9S.pdf Full manual for datAshur PRO

It needs a write protect switch.

Video Editing Software?

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

For now see kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYt306-gcqzOibQ.html and kzread.info/dash/bejne/hnh73Lmfp6rNoco.html I'll have more on video editing, I hope in November. I'l juggling a lot of things right now, sorry! :)

@ReiTheGoat

7 жыл бұрын

ExplainingComputers Sorry. I should've been more specific. I mean't what kind of Video Editing Software do you use?

Haven’t really seen any in the wild here!

So, the only security flaws would be the breaking into the device and remove the resin (which is relatively easy) and typing 10 times the wrong code in order to make a sometimes unrecoverable damage to the owner. The latter is pretty serious since security devices exist. In fact, most devices do not have the self destruction mechanism, but require a very secure password. The "resin removers" are usually police, thus rather infrequent. Now, the question is: is the data encrypted or is the password just a secure door? From the speed comparison I would deduct, the data is de facto encrypted, but what does the data sheet say? Also, if the removal succeeds, does inserting the memory device into another "box" reset the password trials?

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

The data is certainly encrypted, so even if you got to the chips and got them out of the resin, recovering data would be no easy feat.

@y2ksw1

7 жыл бұрын

thanks, I'll give it a shot :)

Here are my thoughts upon seeing the video... Can the memory be removed from within the resin/epoxy by cutting/heating/dissolution and copied to another chip for repeated attempts at the key? Does this device have any implementation defects like the Western Digital self-encrypting drives? Has anyone from the security field audited this device for typical security flaws? How does this device compare to the speed/security of using the Corsair device with software encryption such as BitLocker, FileVault, PGPD, and/or Veracrypt? I'm not intending to say that you need to answer any of these questions, I'm just pointing out that when it comes to data security there is a lot more to consider than how it looks and how easy it was to use. As expensive as this device is relative to the size of the data store it seems like it should come in a pack of two. That way if a child gets hold of it or someone plays a prank you don't lose all of your important data after ten bogus attempts. arstechnica.com/security/2015/10/western-digital-self-encrypting-hard-drives-riddled-with-security-flaws/

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

The device is FIBS PUB 197 validated. Unlike the iPhone, the memory cannot be removed intact due to it being encased in resin.

@CAHSR2020

7 жыл бұрын

Any word on a FIPS 140-2 rating? FIPS 140-2 identifies several important areas for a cryptographic module used inside a security system that protects private information: Cryptographic Module Specification Cryptographic Module Ports and Interfaces Roles, Services and Authentication Finite State Model Physical Security Operational Environment Cryptographic Key Management Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility Self Tests Design Assurance Mitigation of Other Attacks If there is one area that modern computing has completely failed, it's providing strong data protection that is easy to use for the masses. Unfortunately consumer data security remains stuck in the dark ages where vague promises and easy assumptions are held with equal weight as thorough research and hard facts.

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

CAHSR2020 FIPS 140-2 is pending I believe.

Correction, the US company i bought this from was www.apricorn.com/

So, you can only use numbers to encrypt, not alphabets??

So if someone gets your encrypted USB, then it can hold it for ransom right? Because unless you pay, the data will be wiped out for good with as little effort as 10 attempts of getting to that data. But then again: they hold for ransom every other storage device

@ExplainingComputers

3 жыл бұрын

Wrong. An encrypted mobile device protects against somebody else getting data if you lose the device or it is stolen. It is not a method of protecting data from loss. That is the job of backups. There should be multiple copies of the data on multiple devices, so you would just go back to another copy. So nothing to hold to ransom.

Pasti mahal harganya....

V nice

Dat Ashur Tho!

I wanted one of these drives until I saw the price of the 128gb version.

@madezra64

5 жыл бұрын

Yea these drives are NOT cheap! But, you get what you pay for. Compatibility is a huge bonus with drives like these thanks to all the encryption being handled by the drive itself. If your device can accept a USB Mass Storage device, it's very likely it will interface perfectly fine with an encrypted drive like this, where as say the less expensive (I am purposely not using the word "cheaper" here because they are certainly not cheap in terms of security, build and design) hardware/software hybrid solutions will have issues outside of Windows/MacOS environments.

You dont get much storage space for the money though.

@tjeulink

7 жыл бұрын

that is not the focus of this device, it comes with almost all the data protection you could wish, the only thing that isnt there is a remote removal function or a kill host function.

@yoppindia

7 жыл бұрын

RFE Critical data is small. I am sure your family photos and movies need not be encrypted.

@GalaxyCatMusic

6 жыл бұрын

Halon_1211 not this one in this one their is a battery and it is connected to a chip that once you attempt to remove the memory chip (that I'm sure is encrypted but low end encryption or something although it doesn't matter because you can still try every key with a automated system) once you try to remove the memory chip it loses power and then loses (not erases it doesn't have power to hold that information anymore) and the amount of power it requires to keep the data live is so little that that battery would last years maybe even century's from now and gets power every time you plug it in.now their are ways to remove the chip from the device without removing data but you still need the driver that decrypts the data and that would be another chip and that chip might also be "tamper proof " (although it's never 100% in any scenario) so you can remove that also then all you would have a driver to decrypt your data (you still need the key tho but you can automate that synthetically with a tinker board or something later ) but you still need to get a driver chip to communicate the data chip and decryption driver chip to your computer or tinker board so that it knows when to stop when it's correct or if it detects a difference in time to give an answer if it is incorrect so it may guess a right number in the right place but this is better than havering 10 attempts or else all the data gets erased from memory :( which by the way I hope the key also gets erased to so you can still use it even if you forgot it

@Gun4Freedom

6 жыл бұрын

The drive reformats after 10 attempts, so you could in theory then use the default password to load it to a machine with a data read-recovery tool to get the encrypted data. After all, a reformat doesn't actually destroy the bits of data. The difficulty then would be breaking the 256 bit encryption, and for that I wish anyone the best of luck. You'd likely have more luck abducting the drives owner and applying sodium thiopental along with other more forceful means of extraction. But that would be very illegal, unethical, and immoral.

You're being a bit bit rash saying that it can't be cracked and doesn't have a back door. How do you know?

@ExplainingComputers

5 жыл бұрын

OK, I guess everything can be cracked! :) But what can a backdoor be? The only way to enter a code is via the device's own keyboard. So this cannot be hacked like most computer security systems/devices (as there is no computing device with any form of user interface other than this keyboard sitting between a potential hacker and the storage system). There is simply no other interface. So a backdoor would have to be opening the thing up to get at the electronics to read the data, or removing the flash memory chips to read the data off them elsewhere (having cracked the encryption). And to prevent this the electronics are encased in a resin whose removal damages the internal components if access is attempted (and this I have tried). I am aware that some governments have banned this technology because there is no back door (they only allow the use of security devices like this with a software rather than isolated hardware interface).

@JohnMorley1

5 жыл бұрын

@@ExplainingComputers. There will be a skeleton key code or some software utility. I published a program on the April 1991 coverdisk of PCPlus. Might have been 1992. My program (Smartdoc) would turn an ASCII file into a self displaying executable that could be password locked. The police were flabbergasted to find out that I had not made a backdoor for it. The only way to hide information and prevent anyone seeing stuff is to publish it on my KZread channel.

@ExplainingComputers

5 жыл бұрын

Why "will there be a skeleton key code"? There is no reason for this to exist. Nobody tells them to put one in (and indeed it because they will not put one in, that these drives cannot be legally manufactured in the United States). As I've already noted, there cannot be a software utility to get into one of these drives, as there is no software interface. So what is "some software utility" going to do? The USB port here is not like one on, say, a Crypt drive, where softare runs, and yes, there could be a software utility. But here the USB port only become active *after* the inbuilt hardware (keypad and electronics) permit access. What you are saying is like "there must be a software utility that will pick a Yale lock". The lock may be pickable, but not by software! :)

first human at usb drive

This is great for business work, so if you loose the device or someone happens to steal it they won't be able to steal any personal information. My old place of business work, use to hand people these devices which you plug into the machine and then when the light turned green you would have to type 4 digit pin in order for it to appear has storage device.

Nice, but a complete wipe after 10 unsuccessful attempts seems like a bit too quick, if you have really important data there. I guess this isn't designed as a storage medium, but more as data transfer medium of data that you could obtain again.

Citrix is not an OS?

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Citrix is a tool for virtualization, which can make accessing encryted drives that mount via OS software encryption tricky.

@FaithsFallen

7 жыл бұрын

ExplainingComputers Still not an OS

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Did I say it was? :) I certainly grouped it up with OSs (as iStorage do on their packaging), and in doing so chose not to get into a long explanation of the issue. In the context of this video, I think my level of detail was appropriate.

Nice job on the benchmarks. Most tech videos fall short on these. You used large text legible on a TV, used photos to associate the graphs with their products, and used animation to get across the point. I don't think you mentioned what encryption algorithm the drive uses, nor what key derivation function it uses (essential to turn a relatively weak sequence of number into a key). On this kind of a tech channel it would also be good to show a block diagram of the product, if the manufacturer makes that available. You mentioned the product mechanically secures the Flash memory with epoxy or resin. That's good, but even an amateur can "depot" such devices, as regularly seen on this channel: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pGuOs8RqZ9OTo7g.html More importantly if it uses high quality encryption, it isn't the Flash memory that needs to be protected from physical access, but where the key is stored, which hopefully is in the controller. Finally, the easiest way to get into this device is going to be examining the key caps for signs of use. You mentioned that yours didn't show wear, but a close examination will still uncover oil, dirt, or minor wear. To mitigate this you need to use a pass code incorporating all the digits.

@notnecessary7730

3 жыл бұрын

GOOD GRIEF!!! JUST SAY THANK YOU AND SHUT UP!!! Unreal, people just love to come on a channel and spew a bunch of " you should do this" & "you should do that", you forgot this, you forgot that, blah blah blah. Why dont you TAKE THE TIME & EFFORT TO MAKE YOUR OWN VIDEO IF YOU ARE SO UNHAPPY WITH THIS MAN!!!! YOU ARE IGNORANT!!!

@notnecessary7730

3 жыл бұрын

@a b Yea, I'm the one thats out of my mind!! Uh huh!! Idiot....ONCE AGAIN....If you think you are so great...PRODUCE YOUR OWN VIDEO EXPLAINING SOMETHING, Don't log on here and pick apart Chris's HARD WORK!! That's just IGNORANT!! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO TELL HIM WHAT HE SHOULD DO IN HIS VIDEOS!!! I didn't come here to see some moron act like a know it all in the comments, I come here because Chris is awesome and explains alot!!! GET A LIFE...GOOD GRIEF

ik why they have the reset data if it gets too many wrong inputs but it would be good if you could turn that off as I would use something like this for school and if I forget my keys(like in a PC) then someone would reset my usb just by doing that. Pretty silly that you can't turn it off imo. Would be handy for school as the IT guy if he finds peoples usbs he looks on them which is a bit creepy but the fact it wipes it self and you can't stop that is silly.

@TimsModelTrains

7 жыл бұрын

Great video tho

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Very interesting observation -- yes, anybody just wanting to stop you accessing your data can simply enter a wrong code 10+ times. So not something that would work in a school. So something more like storing a Veracrypt encrypted container (as I have shown in a previous video) would be more appropriate. :)

@milithemuffin4534

7 жыл бұрын

You could store data on your smartphone. Most of them can even encrypt microSD cards.

@TimsModelTrains

7 жыл бұрын

Mili theMUFFIN Phone storage too small. and it would just be better if the datashur had that option as then its simpler

@milithemuffin4534

7 жыл бұрын

I agree that it would be better... but you can buy 64 GB card, insert into your phone, go to security settings and encrypt data BOTH on phone and sd card. Also why are you so worried about datashur self-wiping? Don't you have a copy on PC ? Btw they do the same in my school and never managed to unlock my phone :P

Very nice drive, lets have a look at the pri- haha nope c: £69.99 ($86,66) for 8 gb

None of these drives comes close to my HyperX (Savage?) 512 GB drive which goes upto 400 MB/s over usb 3.0

@mclaine33

7 жыл бұрын

Is that an encrypted drive and if so its probably just software encrypted. That can be hacked. This hardware encryption can't.

@marco_evertus

7 жыл бұрын

mclaine33 Nah, I don't keep sensitive data on a drive, I keep it on a corporate network, well I shouldn't say "I don't" rather the company I work for doesn't allow us.

@marco_evertus

7 жыл бұрын

apple tech geek was $240 when I bought it www.amazon.com/dp/B01A8I92Q6/ref=psdc_3151491_t3_B017TZBE7Q

@marco_evertus

7 жыл бұрын

apple tech geek yeah it's much more expensive, but 512GB is a lot and moreover people call it "an ssd drive" as in it has an SSD memory controller for the fastest possible read and write speeds, about 350 MB/s sustained, how much does the ultrafit goes upto?

@marco_evertus

7 жыл бұрын

apple tech geek idk I need that speed... Just one word: FALLOUT 4

Hello

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Greetings! :)

Woow Your voice

I recently found a usb driver with a finger print reader. It encrypts data with your finger print!

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Cool.

Closed source danger

@HowlingNinjaWolfGaming

6 жыл бұрын

closed source code is better then open source code.

@sheldonwhitten990

6 жыл бұрын

Big companies do have secret ways of using closed source code to collect data from its users

@jeffreynunes2508

5 жыл бұрын

Happy MS_Office_95 was able to load a comment. Im sure he started in '96 hahah

it is probably due to USB 2 vs 3

If you don't unlock an encrypted drive for the authorities they suspect contains data they can use to convict you then you can be detained indefinitely until you give them the key.

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, certainly. But there is no suggestion in this video of preventing law enforcement agencies from accessing any data they require. :)

@AnthonyCook78

7 жыл бұрын

No, I just thought it was worth mentioning.

@cldream

7 жыл бұрын

Anthony Cook Also another thing to consider is how it's implemented - if an encrypted drive obviously looks like an encrypted drive, that would raise more flags than say a plain old drive that appears to have random data without any headers metadata that says "Hi, I'm an encrypted drive! Search me - I may contain criminal evidence!"

second From Morocco !!

@MaghrebProductions

7 жыл бұрын

(The kingdom of Morocco)

@y2ksw1

7 жыл бұрын

are you the king? :)

@MaghrebProductions

7 жыл бұрын

I'm a Moroccan citizen, and I'm proud of my nation, and also of my King. Thanks !

A little bit of warning: These things are generally incredibly insecure. I just cracked one from Kingston for my master's thesis. You just dump the firmware, disassemble it and there will be a ton of bugs you can exploit to crack the encryption. For the Kingston I implemented 2 cracks: One that allows you to reset the attempt counter and just bruteforces the key on the device and another one that dumps part of the encrypted memory and then bruteforces the key on a PC (much, much faster; you can go through the entire key space in a couple of minutes). These are fine if you're hiding porn from your wife, but if whoever you're hiding data from has a couple tens of thousands of dollars to hire a competent security researcher, your data's busted.

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

I think your comment "incredibly insecure" and the method and cost you describe of hacking in are hardly consistent! Most people -- certainly myself -- are I imagine trying to prevent the casual loss of a USB drive putting data into another's hands, and most people finding a lost drive will not go to the lengths you describe to get in, or pay others to do so. My understanding of the DataShur is that the internals are in epoxy that makes it very hard to remove or access any components intact.

@hellterminator

7 жыл бұрын

It is fine as long as you're aware of the limitations, but these things are being hugely overrated in terms of security and manufacturers deliberately push this misconception. When you read stuff like “AES-256 CBC” (which is actually impossible for a random access device and indeed the flash drive that claimed that turned out to be using plain old ECB) and “FIPS Level 3” on the package, you're led to believe that the device you're buying has the inherent security of AES-256 (which means at the moment absolutely uncrackable no matter how much money you have and probably secure for decades to come), but in reality it probably can be cracked in a relatively short amount of time and for a sum pretty much anyone can pull together if he or she really needed to. And epoxy means nothing. It can be dissolved. You may damage the PCB and the passive components in the process, but the packages will protect the chips and you can then transplant them onto a new circuit. Or, if you only need access to some contacts, you can easily drill a few holes in the epoxy all the way down to the PCB and insert probes. It may delay the cracking by a couple of days (and add a couple thousand dollars to the cost), but that's it. My point is that while not completely useless, these devices are usually nowhere near as secure as advertised, so if you're for example trying to protect yourself from industrial espionage, something like this is definitely not sufficient.

@Infalcon

7 жыл бұрын

Nice explanation. Question: What you think about software like Veracrypt and if this method is secure to encrypt files?. Thanks

This kind of drive might be good for storing some cryptographic keys.

@ExplainingComputers

4 жыл бұрын

Very much so.

Put a raspberry Pi in an ATX case

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

For a nearly empty computer! :)

@liam9097

7 жыл бұрын

I know but I have a broken PC and would like to install a Raspberry Pi3 Into it. Also it would be a good idea for Berryboot to have the SSD Mounted.

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Liam Vella Ah, yes, I see. An interesting idea for a video. Noted. :)

that water looked a bit dirty. suspicious. should I report this to the police?

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

?

@artifactingreality

7 жыл бұрын

I saw some suspicious activity there was a man with a cd container full of brown water

You want to bet I can break into that drive!

@ExplainingComputers

6 жыл бұрын

I'd love to know how you would attempt to break through an onboard hardware security interface . . . !

@Markinpuff

6 жыл бұрын

ExplainingComputers if you like, I’ll ship you that drive, you can place a word file or whatever.. set your code and mail it back. Will give you postage.. Within 3 days, after receiving it, I’ll have the contents.. let me know..

@GameOfTobes

6 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see if you can do this. If you do, please make a video and post it here. :D

@TH3-MONK

6 жыл бұрын

You mean: send me your expensive drive and instead of cracking it, you erase it and keep it. Tah-da! free drive.

So if someone got a hold of your drive, all they would have to do to erase it, is to enter a bad code ten times, and wala, your nice little USB drive is toast. Not a very good system. They should have allowed the drive to lock up until you returned to your "home" work station where you could reset the drive and not lose all of your precious data. As a result, I consider this drive to be worthless.

@okaro6595

5 жыл бұрын

If you lose it you lose it, you will not get it back no matter what. Destroying the data is the safest way. The drive is not destroyed, you can enter a new pass code and use it again. This is important as the drive is expensive. If someone gets hold of it he can steal, it, destroy it with a hammer etc. In a business environment deliberately destroying the data would be reason for immediate termination. You should never keep any data only on this drive (or any single media for that). This is for transporting data. If you forget the code, you initialize it with a new code and copy the data again to the drive.

Not really a fan of encrypted USB drives!

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If you create an encrypted VeraCrypt volume on a standard flash drive, you can get better (I believe) protection than the drive in this video, at 1/2 to 1/3 the price, and 2x times the performance (for a fast drive). Here's why (and please correct me if I am mistaken): 1) Who knows what encryption the datAshur drive is using? They can claim whatever encryption that they want. We have no way to verify their claims. Are they using Rijndael, Serpent, Twofish, etc, or their own proprietary code that only they vetted? Did they properly implement the encryption? Who knows? 2) Is the hardware really secure? Do we just take the manufacturer's word that it is implemented properly? All manufacturer's make such claims, and yet videos like this one (link below) show all manner of flaws: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nIp_zpWApcTgddY.html 3) Is there a back door -- a master code? Who knows? With VeraCrypt, you need not assume that the manufacturer got everything right, because you know that VeraCrypt is highly secure. If it were not, programmers on our planet would spot issues with the source code and would love to take credit for discovering issues. There is no back door. And you can keep the VeraCrypt executable on a standard flash drive (in the normal NTFS, FAT32, EXT4, etc) file system, which would allow you to mount your VeraCrypt volumes on computers that do not have VeraCrypt installed. The only audience I see for these hardware encrypted flash drives is: -- Folks that struggle with computers, and could not handle VeraCrypt. -- Folks that do not realize the myriad of possible security issues. -- Folks who want to keep their data from casual snoopers, and are not concerned with 3-letter agencies serving them a subpoena. But since VeraCrypt is free and open source, and can be used on much faster drives that cost half the price, then unless you fit one of the exceptions noted above, I do not see why anyone else should buy one of these hardware encrypted drives. Cheers!

@ExplainingComputers

3 жыл бұрын

You are right that there is trust involved when using a product like this. And I have covered VeraCrypt for USB drive encryption on this channel: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqecs7l_fMndlKQ.html However, I think you vastly underestimate the number of people in your final "keep data from casual snoopers" category -- most people using encrypted drives are not trying to protect themselves from law enforcement. Rather, they simple want to ensure that if their USB drive is forgotten, falls out of their pocket, or is otherwise lost, a regular person who picks it up cannot access their data. And for this a product like the DataShur is excellent. I use DataShur Drives, and those with VeraCrypt encrption, on a daily basis and both have their place -- the VeraCrypt drives being far faster and more convenient in use if you are writing large quantities of data (even on a fast drive and PC, VeraCrypt is very slow indeed when writing more than 2 to 3 GB of data). It has nothing to do with people who "struggle with computers and could not handle VeraCrypt". Also, try accessing a VeraCrypt volume on an Android tablet! :) Or indeed on a third party PC where you cannot execute a program -- which is a very common situation indeed for those of us who make presentations carrried to a client location (and PC) on a USB drive.

You can just use VeraCrypt, or a similar program to encrypt your own flash drive. You don't need this gadget lol.

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, as I have shown in another video, you can encrypt a drive with VeraCrypt. It works, but is slower, and is a less viable business solution as it requires software to be executed, and that is not always permissable on a client's PC.

@PaperBagMan884

7 жыл бұрын

+ExplainingComputers That is also true. Great videos by the way!

@cldream

7 жыл бұрын

cst498 Not only that, software-based solutions may be subject to the fact that the keys may remain in memory. +ExplainingComputers Computers with the newer Intel and AMD CPUs have an AES-NI instruction set that does it natively which should help the performance, but there are people that are concerned over the security of the AES implementation (as in whether if it has government-mandated backdoors).

@PaperBagMan884

7 жыл бұрын

ki2ne Huh, didn't think of that either. That is interesting.

@PaperBagMan884

7 жыл бұрын

ki2ne If you format this flash drive, will it screw up the software in the flash drive responsible for the encryption/decryption?

next time pls censor ur hair, so I can enjoy ur video without any damage on my brain

@virusboy07

7 жыл бұрын

Muhd Faaris why, there is nothing wrong with his hair. But maybe there is something wrong with your brain.

@pieceofpotato7883

7 жыл бұрын

+virusboy07 maybe...i just cant watch it

@TheBertjeT

7 жыл бұрын

It looks like there isn't much to damage....

@Maze-

7 жыл бұрын

+TheBertjeT oooooooooooooh

@virusboy07

7 жыл бұрын

TheBertjeT You are truly the comeback master!

Might I say that asking for a like and/or a subscription at the end of a video is unprofessional.

@ExplainingComputers

7 жыл бұрын

You may say, but my partner manager and others I have spoken to at Google strongly advise including such a "call to action". Almost all successful KZreadrs also do it, and to my surprise it works. For many years I did not do it, and in the last year of not doing it I was picking up about 8,000 to 10,000 subscribers net every three months. Then I started to do it, and I picked up over 10,000 subscribers in a month. This may not be the only reason for this channel getting more subscribers -- but I am not going to remove my call to action to find out! :)

@tjeulink

7 жыл бұрын

i don't find it unproffesional, it just makes him human.

@bluenetmarketing

7 жыл бұрын

Mr. Jason - You are a Mr. Perfect putz. I bet you never have done done anything unprofessional in your entire sorry little life, have you.