Comments on: IronKey USB key has military grade encryption

By: KRK

KRK — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:30:58 +0000

Wow, I have not seen so much bitching since I was on a mailing list that was taken over by trolls.

For everyone that are upset, skip the damn post and grow up.

As far as your TrueCrypt solution, humm lets see your key is in RAM not on a hardware chip.

Go ahead trust sensitive data, the Feds will love to see you coming through customs with your ultra secure TrueCrypt Drives.

This key is a good concept although I would as a few others like to see someone try to hack it success or failure. Maybe we should have a few sent to Princeton or some of the original members of the L0pht.

By: JC

JC — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:36:37 +0000

ok… one last thought. Instead of bitching (and I do my share of that) how about we pony up and talking about the hacks for a given device or topic ourselves. Without a doubt, Juan may be worthless but that does not mean that we are… right? Or do you guys (myself included) only know how to read about hacks not create and share them? This site and others like it are only as good as we who post to it make it. If the guys running it suck we can still crank up the volume ourselves. Who knows maybe I’ll start using my real name and email address (but probably not).

By: JC

JC — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:28:32 +0000

i c y: If you watch the video on their website it shows that that case is filled with an epoxy or resin that encases the ICs/board so disassembly would be a real problem without some high level precision work to remove/drill down to the tiny conductors. Hard to do without breaking the pathways but it “could” be done with time and perseverance. They are a bit on the expensive side to try and play with the 8GB version lists for 199 but I have seen it elsewhere for about 160. I am thinking that they are full of it when they claim it “destroys” the chip though. I know those who must not be named have been doing that kind of self destruct trap for a long time but doubt that this does any more than destroy the password/key table thus rendering the data permanently encrypted and irretrievable.

By: JC

JC — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:17:19 +0000

Yesterday’s news… So Where the Hack? This is HACK-a-Day not Ad-a-day right? OK OK you are bound to put up a non-hacking article once in a while but… how about linking to articles that would aid or organize an effort to break it… or lump suff like this in to a challenge list of things you need hack/crack info on.

By: I c y

I c y — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:32:48 +0000

has anyone done a disassembly of this?

http://tweakers.net/reviews/683 comes to mind as a similar product.

I don't remember if i saw anything liek this for this particular product.

By: DigitalMind

DigitalMind — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:36:42 +0000

Oh come on people.

Stop complaining.

You have to take the good with the bad.

By: RevWaldo

RevWaldo — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:02:08 +0000

every once in awhile all sites like this post something that readers will treat like a punch the face, just so some readers will come back and post
-”what the fuk you do that for?!”
-”to boost our page view count, to bring more money in, to keep the site running. you’re welcome!”
-”well don’t do it again!”
-”another page view! cha-ching!”
-”stop it!!”
-”you’re too generous! our cup runneth over!”

and so on. if you don’t like it take it off rss and just visit every few days.

By: Urza

Urza — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:16:30 +0000

Dude, thinkgeek has had this for sale for about a year now. It’s not a hack, it’s not news…what, are you going to start posting random things you find interesting on here now? Turning into a boingboing clone? If that’s the case…I can’t wait for the story on russian nesting dolls.

By: tmasman

tmasman — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:11:23 +0000

I used to enjoy nearly every post here… There’s not much hack-value in an “advertisement” for a secure flash drive.

I have nothing against anyone, just against turning HAD into another ad riddled blog with little value.

By: amk

amk — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:05:02 +0000

bitch bitch. i enjoyed reading it. even though it’s full of phrases like “military level encryption” and “truly random” which are comical at best.

By: Apothus

Apothus — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:35:40 +0000

Yawn, this is getting tired and old.

This was covered by engadget MONTHS AGO so it is not even new like some of the oink articles *shudder* I realise there is this great filtered link that brings up Wills stuff but some of the other content is interesting too so it is hard to filter.

The reason i think there are so many negative coments is because people feel betrayed, we had this great little niche site we could call into like the old corner store but now it is starting to feel like a wal-mart chain with no charm at all.

I would also like to hear just once that our complaints are being heard! Ever since the changes there have been few/no posts on the direction of the site, not even a "bear with us whilst..." letting us know what is happening.

By: kvmanii

kvmanii — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:39:13 +0000

woops I meant...
and this is strictly an observation...

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/9028/selloutst4.jpg

By: kvmanii

kvmanii — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:35:36 +0000

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By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:17:54 +0000

Will, I understand you created this site, and it's your call. I respect the fact that you've chosen the help of Juan.

But that's where my respect ends.

These sorts of comments are indeed getting old, but perhaps YOU SHOULD ADDRESS THEM. Before Juan starting posting this shit that is basically a DAMN AD, Hackaday was incredible. Now people are bitching for the first time ever. Shouldn't you adress what Juan is doing when EVERY COMMENT here is Negative, and saying the same thing?

I love your site, and it kicks ass- you are busting your ass to post a lot more goodness lately, even stuff that's not a straight hack, but relavent. Thank you! We love you for it.

Juan, people here don't hate you. We just seem to univeraslly hate the ads and like stuff you've been posting. Please stop, OK? Not everything you've posting has been flamed. Mr. Obrien, can you chat with him or something?

Please stop pitching us ads masked as articles. That is what Engadget & gizmodo is for.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:12:25 +0000

“….Ironkey is the first to use military level encryption.”

Please…

It’s called download TrueCrypt PORTABLE, which is FREEWARE, and create an encrypted volume.