``the very-difficult-to-crack encryption algorithms not only to protected the data stored on the device itself but also to scramble the data the drive sends back and forth over the host PC's USB connection should anyone be snooping it."
We do encrypt communications between our control panel and the device hardware. This is the channel over which unlock passwords and numerous control commands pass. This prevents USB sniffers from snooping the traffic.
Yes you are right, if your computer is hopelessly infected with malware, then it could potentially affect the Firefox image which is loaded into memory from the IronKey.
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``the very-difficult-to-crack encryption algorithms not only to protected the data stored on the device itself but also to scramble the data the drive sends back and forth over the host PC's USB connection should anyone be snooping it."
We do encrypt communications between our control panel and the device hardware. This is the channel over which unlock passwords and numerous control commands pass. This prevents USB sniffers from snooping the traffic.
Yes you are right, if your computer is hopelessly infected with malware, then it could potentially affect the Firefox image which is loaded into memory from the IronKey.
Dave @ IronKey