Encryption on Lexar Jumpdrive

[david_anderson13]

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Password protect your data

JumpDrive Secure Version 2.0 is the security software that comes pre-

loaded on the JumpDrive Secure allowing you to password protect files

stored on the JumpDrive itself. The security software enables you to

divide your JumpDrive into two different areas, or zones. The public

zone has no password protection and is accessible by anyone using

your JumpDrive. The private zone is password-protected so no one can

open, copy or write files to it without entering the correct

password. With 256-AES encryption we go one step further than just

password protecting your data, we also encrypt it.

 

 

 

Will the encryption that this usb keychain uses degrade picture

quality in any way? I wouldn't want to back up photos just to degrade

them further than they already are. Thanks....Dave

[jurie]

David,

 

<p>Encryption should not degrade the quality of the photos, unless you forget the password ;-)

 

<p>In simple terms, when you encrypt something, it takes the password and uses it to re-arange the bits in the original file in such a way that you can only restore the file if you have the password. When you un-encrypt the data, be it image files or nuclear secrets, they are back exactly how they were before they were encrypted.

 

<p>For a USB thumbdrive, I wouldn't bother encrypting photos unless they were so sensetive that you keep the negatives and prints in a safe, as that's the real world equivelant of using the encryption feature on the USB thumbdrive.

 

<p>So unless you think you are working for the CIA, I suggest that you just leave the encryption off and use it like a regular drive. Less hassle.

 

<p>Jordan R. Urie