eyeDisk Team Launches Its Unhackable USB Flash Drive

It is easy to forget about the simple USB flash drive with the development of cloud storage. Most of you may choose to store important files and pictures to cloud storage. Actually, it is also necessary to save data on a USB drive so that you can use it anywhere and anytime.

However, if your USB drive gets lost, the important information on it may be used by criminals. To protect your data and privacy, you can use a secure USB flash drive, eyeDisk. Keep reading to learn some information about this USB stick.

eyeDisk: Unhackable USB Flash Drive

Recently, the eyeDisk team has announced that their Kickstarter releases eyeDisk, the world’s first USB drive that uses iris recognition technology to offer unbeatable data security. Now, it is the most secure USB flash drive available on Kickstarter.

Iris Recognition: Safe, Fast and Easy-to-use

Data security is more important than ever. This company says iris recognition is the most reliable and secure biometric technology other than human DNA. And it is 15 times more secure than facial recognition and 150 times more secure than fingerprint encryption.

This product integrates an infrared iris scan and is secured with binocular or monocular biometric identification. And it uses the same iris scanning technology as Samsung phones and Google datacenter security entrance. The scanning method meets IEC-62471 safety standard for safe use. And this way won’t damage your eyes in any way.

In fact, iris recognition is not only safe but also very fast. eyeDisk uses an integrated camera and advanced identification algorithm, thus it can quickly capture your iris for fast authentication at a glance in only 0.5s, without password required.

According to the announcement and its Kickstarter page, the scan can work from a distance about 15cm and 25cm. On accuracy aspect, the FAR (false acceptance rate) is less than 0.0001 percent and FRR (false rejection rate) is less than 0.1 percent.

Above all, eyeDisk is designed for everyone since it can identify irises of any eye color, even when you wear sunglasses, contact lenses or even in the dark.

eyeDisk Keeps Your Data Safe

Using eyeDisk, you will never need to worry about losing the USB flash drive or the data stored in it since this device features AES-256 military-level key generation, which is absolutely secure.

According to the company, they develop their own iris recognition algorithm. And no one can hack your USB flash drive even the hackers have your iris pattern. Furthermore, if your USB drive is lost, the personal iris data used for identification won’t ever be retrieved or duplicated.

For added security, eyeDisk can be used offline, no internet connection is required. And all your data is stored on the physical disk and it is never stored on any online location.

Besides, this unhackable USB flash drive has some useful features, for example, one-click backup to easily and simply create a totally secure backup of your Windows system and custom laser engraving to put an email on the device.

Bottom Line

eyeDisk has multiple storage sizes including 32GB and 128GB and the early-bird pricing through Kickstarter starts at $49. The pilot testing will run in December, and shipping will start in March 2019. Once it is available in the market, you can get one for a try.