Comments on: How Secure is Your Portable Data? http://www.mobilitysite.com/2006/05/how-secure-is-your-portable-data/ Mobile News, Reviews, and Views. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:03:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Keith http://www.mobilitysite.com/2006/05/how-secure-is-your-portable-data/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Keith Sun, 28 May 2006 13:19:30 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/?p=341#comment-48 I do have a 1GB Flash drive myself, and I ensure that it is being kept safely and properly so that it will not be misplaced. However, I am just worried that at times, it happen so instantly, that Flash drives are just easy to be lost like a needle in a haysack. Encryption is one of the best options here, however I do have some concern if users are using the portable devices among different platforms, i.e. Windows and Linux, then the decryption of the files would be a problem. I do have a 1GB Flash drive myself, and I ensure that it is being kept safely and properly so that it will not be misplaced.

However, I am just worried that at times, it happen so instantly, that Flash drives are just easy to be lost like a needle in a haysack.

Encryption is one of the best options here, however I do have some concern if users are using the portable devices among different platforms, i.e. Windows and Linux, then the decryption of the files would be a problem.

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