whisky-dave wrote
Rod Speed wrote
whisky-dave wrote
Nick Odell wrote
David wrote

This posting is coming to you courtesy of someone else's computer
with all necessary passwords etc from my Kingston DataTraveller
Locker + G3 which has hardware encrypted storage which can only
be accessed by password. 10 unsuccessful attempts at breaking
that password and the drive automatically wipes itself clean.

Works for me.

What happens if this USB keys breaks physically

Nothing special, you just use the spare.

fine if you carry a spare of everything

Doesnt need to be everything, just the things that are easy
to have a spare of that are a major hassle if they break.

do you carry a spare mobile, spare underwear etc...

Nope, because neither would be a major hassle if it broke.

I would have a spare car if it was as portable as USB stick, but they arent.

In the case of the USB stick, there is obviously a real market
for one that has two of them in the one container and a simple
switch to switch between the one that has just died and the spare.

Most people should have a spare but NOT carried with them.

No reason why they couldnt with that more fancy stick.

I;/ve seen and heard this happen in the lab. ? So I know it's possible.

Yeah, I still give what I torrent for the neighbours kids who I let use
my
internet using USB sticks for the speed and they do die occasionally.

Unlike most HDs there's a good chance they'll get
damaged manually long before they are electraclly,

None of these have been, they have all died electrically.

or of course lost

I havent seen some of them for quite a
while so they may indeed lose some.

we get one or two a week left in the lab but more come
up to me asking have you been handed a USB stick ?

Sure, but its easy enough to ensure you dont lose one that has
your passwords etc on it by just having it on your keyring etc.