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It has become necessary to have different configurations for different passwords and my memory is not good enough to remember most of them. The Pocket Safe is invaluable when I travel. It took awhile for me to figure out how to use it but now I have no trouble getting it to work.

AT FIRST I ORDERED ONE. THEN I ORDERED ONE MORE FOR BACK-UP. THEN I ORDERED FIVE MORE FOR GIFTS. AT THE PRICE AND WHAT IT CAN DO IT IS QUITE A DEAL.YOU CAN USE IT FOR EVERYDAY TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN WRITTEN WILL. LIFE IS TO SHORT NOT TO HAVE ONE. THANKS, JOE

I have this little dandy, and it does its job quite well. You enter a PIN number and then connect it to the USB port on your pc. If you dont input the right pin, you cant access your data..the drive wont even show up. Input the wrong pin number 3 times and it locks you out for a few minutes. That being said, its a good device to keep your data safe from the average nosy joe. I doubt that it would withstand a serious hacker or fbi agent trying to crack it, if you want something of that caliber then your going to have to pay $100+. But its a good deal for the money.
However, you would have to be clinically insane to use the provided information manager to store your 'valuable' data i.e. credit card numbers, account information, passwords, etc. The program that runs off the flash drive automatically checks for updates, which is a red flag IMHO. So I would just ignore that program entirely and just use the thing for storage. Also, kind of an afterthought, the thing does have a small battery inside it so i'm guessing that if the battery craps out your out of luck?? Anyways I wouldnt put anything on here that you couldnt survive without in case of an accident.
All in all a good buy.

Black Box Innovations PPS8100 Personal Pocket Safe Flash Drive
I found this USB key to be as advertised. I do tax returns for a large number of clients and can't afford to have their personal information compromised. For this reason, I don't even want to use an on-line backup service. One word of advice though, unless your own memory is rock solid, REGISTER YOUR PIN with the company. If you forget your PIN and it's not registered, your Pocket Safe is then totally worthless. The company cannot (or will not) give you a way to reset it. I think it is both wise and safe to register your PIN. Your login is password protected and identity must be confirmed with security questions and answers that you make up when you register your PIN. If you think about it, for someone to gain access to your Pocket Safe's information, they would have to both find or steal it, and then hack into the company's webserver and gain access to the registration data. Incidentally, the company offers a on-line backup service for the information contained in your Pocket Safe, but I don't recommend that. In my opinion, it defeats the whole purpose of having the Pocket safe. Back up the info elsewhere if you wish -- but not on line.

Except for string clip device that doesn't work, this thing works real good. Will start entering stuff tomorrow. Buy the thing at Amazon--$12.00 cheaper than at [...]. Don't use the backup web site! That would be nuts. I will not even register the product. Why take the chance.