December 10, 2008
For the Paranoid in Your Life
A USB Flash Drive disguised as broken cable. 2GB of extra security at least until the TSA puts it on the watch list.
(Via Schneier)
Or consider the (likely more useful) RFID Blocking Wallet and the RFID Blocking Passport Billfold.
Did you know that there are people out there who specially target paranoids?
Update: pointers to interesting techno-toys welcomed.
Posted by Michael : December 10, 2008 09:43 AM | Shopping | TechnoLinks
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I work in a crypto group, and my co-workers are their target market.
That said, I don't think an RFID-blocking passport wallet is the worst idea ever.
Posted by: Melinda at December 10, 2008 10:20 AMBe aware, though, that you have to put your RFID blocking passport wallet in the bin to get it through airport security; it'll trigger the alarm if you keep it in your pocket. (This is one of those things that's obvious once you think about it. A Faraday cage contains metal? Well, duh. Nonetheless, it didn't occur to me in advance.)
Posted by: Jon at December 11, 2008 06:21 AMNo, that passport wallet makes a lot of sense, what were they thinking? Secure information should never go on an RFID chip.
And going ahead with it *after* remote passport cloning was demonstrated to them? Nuts.
Hm, you know, I DO have a paranoid relative, maybe he'd like some of this stuff for Christmas? Nah, he'd just get worried about what I was suggesting...
Posted by: Brett Bellmore at December 11, 2008 07:48 AMThe USB drive as a broken cable is risky. I can see someone accidentally throwing it away.
Posted by: Randy Paul at December 11, 2008 01:13 PM