Typically these are fancy versions of "warranty void if broken" stickers that are very hard to get off and put back on without damaging the sticker or the product in a very noticeable way. (Level 2) "tamper-evident coatings or seals that must be broken to attain physical access to the plaintext cryptographic keys" ( wikipedia).(Level 1) Have its crypto implementations inspected by the testing lab for correctness and backdoors.It requires the device to be tested by a cryptography testing lab that is certified to perform this testing on behalf of the US government. All because one is "fast"? What is FIPS 140-2 Level 3?įIPS 140-2 Level 3 is more than just encryption. Your question is a bit like comparing a Toyota and a Ferrari and asking "Why the massive price difference. Super duper encrypted with FIPS 140-2 Level 3, 256-bit AES-XTS With that price tag, you'd almost expect it to be covered with real gold and gems. I'd love to hear a justification since apparently, that "built-in super encryption" costs so much money versus the identical product minus the encryption. I want to make clear that I recognize that there may be something I'm fundamentally missing, and that this could be extremely useful for people with a lot of money and no trust in VeraCrypt, or who need the convenience that this (presumably) provides. I realize that trusting VeraCrypt in itself is also quite scary, even for me, but I somehow feel more confident about that software than I do about some company "promising" that it's "super duper encrypted with FIPS 140-2 Level 3, 256-bit AES-XTS". Won't this thing actually age and become useless in regards to the encryption, whereas with VeraCrypt, you could re-encrypt it since it's all software?
I don't want to sound either condescending nor ignorant, but why would even a very rich person pay such a premium for the "encryption"? Is there any benefit to have it in hardware (presumably some kind of integrated micro-computer?) over just formatting the cheap one with VeraCrypt? Is the expensive one far more durable as well?
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