Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive?

[Chris Green <cmgreen () UAB EDU>]

It bricks itself as far as we could tell.  It gives you a warning on the 10th try saying basically "you get it wrong 
one more time, this device is toast"

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On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:51:33 CDT, "McCrary, Barbara" said:
> True Ironkey is pricey but as far as the self destruct goes, we have
> used them for over a year.  IT maintains control over the passwords and
> the users are well informed.  We have not lost a single one to self
> destruct yet.

Out of curiosity, has anybody tested it to verify that they *do* destroy
themselves after 10 tries?  And if they do, is the unit still re-usable, or
does it brick itself?