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We know there are plenty of "secure" flash drives out there, but face it: if someone is really determined to get at your data, they'll probably figure out a way. That's where Kingston's Data Traveler Elite Privacy Edition comes in. The 4GB flash drive encrypts all data with 128-bit AES, and then adds an extra layer of security: a self destruct feature. If anyone tries to use a brute-force attack to guess your password, the drive will automatically erase itself after 25 wrong guesses. Of course, if you have a really easy password, and a data thief can figure it out in under 25 guesses, you're out of luck. For the rest of us, this could be a good solution for keeping on-the-go info out of the wrong hands.
When I first read about this, I thought it might include some explosives, or real self destruction... oh well... If your data is THAT sensitive then the would be thief would probably crack the case open, take off the actual memory chip and extract the data off of it through some other hardware. Then s/he can run a brute force attack on it with no risk of wiping the data