IronKey D300
If you've like me you probably have handfuls of USB flash drives on your desk at any one time. But how many of those flash drives have built-in data encryption? How many can carry on working after exposure to water and dust? Or after being dropped from a height on concrete? Or driven over?
The IronKey D300 can.
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Regular readers will know of my proclivity for being hard on the devices I own. Everything takes on a "well worn" look way ahead of its time, and my most delicate and precious possessions - iPhone, Apple Watch, and so on - have to live inside armored cases to have a fighting chance of making it to old age.
It's also fair to say that I've broken a lot of USB flash drives in my time. Some saw their demise after being crushed, others got exposed to water or dirt, while others just broke while in use (I had one break as I tried to take it out of the packaging it was encased in).
It's highly unlikely that I'm going to accidentally break the IronKey D300. Sure, I could break it deliberately (by taking a hammer to the USB connector, or hitting it with a welding torch), and I'm sure that there are accidents I could suffer involving fire or explosions or deep water that would kill an IronKey D300, but I wouldn't care because those accidents would have bought my life to an end far sooner.
The IronKey D300 is an overwhelmingly impressive device. Built for ruggedness and security, the electronics are housed in a durable zinc casing and