We’ve seen voice
authentication as a security measure in movies and TV shows, but is it really
practical on a flash drive? Wrench Monkey Studios think it is. The company’s Voicelock USB drive lets you add an audible password, so everyone around you can
hear what it is. Just kidding.
When configured with an audible
password, Voicelock will not be recognized by a computer even if it’s already plugged
in, not until it “hears” the password via its built-in microphone. The phrase
has to be 2 to 4 syllables long, but the real password is your own voice. It’s
the way you say the password that unlocks the drive. It’s your voice that
rouses it from slumber. Your voice brings it to life. Your voice makes it
believe it can love again. What???
But obviously you still don’t
want to say the password aloud when you’re in a crowded place. You’re just
alerting spies and ninjas that you have top secret data and a high tech flash
drive. Here’s where the secondary color-coded input comes in. Voicelock has two
switches that toggle two LED s, one red and one green. I think it’s even more
secure than the voice password. Watch the video below to see what I mean.
Hammacher Schlemmer is
selling the 8GB Voicelock USB drive for $50 (USD), but I guess inconvenience is
the real price for added security. That confounding initial setup would drain
my patience. Then again, I don’t have top secret data to protect. But that’s
just what I would say if I did have top secret data.
Does that mean I do have top secret data? Is
it so important that even I don’t know about it? But
that’s just what I would say if I did have top secret data and
do know that I have it. Wait. So do I have top secret
data or not???
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