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USB Flash Drives: Functionality, Usability and Security

There is no doubt that technology keeps changing at a fast speed and new things are introduced every now and then, which makes it difficult for the buyers to decide what to buy and what not to. Recently, I was searching the market for a USB encrypted flash drive, but the number of options available in the market not only did confuse me but also made me review on my requirements for a USB encryption. While I was simply looking for a small size, handy, and portable flash drive that could offer me maximum storage space, so that it could be carried anywhere without any inconvenience, other useful applications like synchronization with computers, virtual application platforms, the capacity to carry music, video, images etc., and security of the encrypted flash drive were not on my agenda. USB encrypted flash drives have completely emaciated the use of floppies and the CD’s that were once used for storing information at large. Their popularity completely depends on the fact th