On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Ken Dibble krdibble@stny.rr.com wrote:
The Kingston Data Traveler series drives have hardware crypto, but they're unlocked using a small program stored on separate cleartext partition. They're not cheap however. so after I lost mine I switched to truecrypt/veracrypt.
About $1 US per GB at Amazon for the Kingston DataTraveler Locker + G3--do-able for me, since I typically pay close to the same price for the rubberized non-encrypted Corsair drives.
Given your sole purpose, however, have you totally ruled out automating the backup routine and baking-in file-level crypto?
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The insurance provider wants an assurance that all USB thumb drives are encrypted. (It also wants all laptop hard drives to be encrypted, and it wants my 4 TB offsite backup drives encrypted.)
Well, that settles that, doesn't it! That laptop encryption requirement probably boosts the bitlocker alternative.
It should be noted that truecrypt/veracrypt only requires admin for one-time installation of the driver software and creation of new partitions. An unprivileged user can do all of the routine day-to-day stuff.