Thumb drives are cool, and now that I’ve got that off my chest, let me explain why. They’re small, they carry a nice amount of data wherever you take them, and they let you bring with you the music, photos, passwords, bookmarks and software kits that you need. But, they’re small, they can be lost. So, what is cooler then a thumb drive? A thumb drive with military grade encryption that self-destructs if the password is introduced wrong ten times in a row. This one comes in 1,2 and 4GB capacity variants and they have a hardware encryption chip that scrambles the data so it becomes unreadable if you don’t know the password.

There are two ways that someone could try to access the contents of your thumb drive, either by hacking the password or trying to physically access the chip. Now, the hacking part is taken care of because the encryption chip self-destructs after 10 wrong passwords are introduced. The physical part is taken care of because the contents of the drive are filled with epoxy, which damages the chips if he tries to access them.

So far, these IronKey thumb drives have been used by the US Army in Afghanistan, so you can consider them pretty safe for those photos with your wife, if the army trusted them with sensitive information.

• Fast 30MBPS Read, 20MBPS Write
• Drive contents encrypted with AES CBC-Mode Encryption
• Onboard IronKey Password-manager keeps all your internet passwords safe
• Secure version of Firefox included that encrypts all your web-surfing traffic
• Encased in a potted metal case, not plastic, making it one of the strongest USB keys around
• Exceeds MIL-STD-810F military waterproofing standards
• The encryption chip self-destructs if an invasive attack is detected
• Dual channel SLC NAND Flash for high-quality and read/write speeds
• Windows XP and Windows Vista only, but Mac and Linux drivers are in development

Price: $78.99 – $148.99 at ThinkGeek.com

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