The PICO E08 2.5 Inch HDD Enclosure makes use of RFID to securely protect to the hard drive that sits in it. This would probably sound little weird to some people. Of course, we’ve always heard of using RFID to track objects so they can be easily located while misplaced. But the hard drive enclosure here is making use of RFID to provide better security for the hard drive in it. How does it work?
The enclosure has an RFID tag on it and you need to use the included keychain RFID transmitter to scan over the tag to unlock it for accessing the data. The RFID keychain transmitter can be used first to setup the encrypted key for locking the hard drive.
The enclosure is for you to attach a SATA hard drive in it and it connects to your computer via high-speed USB 2.0 port. The enclosure has extra security for the hard drive in it, which you can’t simply separate the hard drive in it from the enclosure. If you take out the hard drive from the enclosure (by force without unlocking it using the RFID transmitter) and plug the drive into another enclosure, the drive will be detected as a brand new hard drive that forces the other enclosure to format it.
Locking it is simply easy, just apply the keychain RFID tramsitter within required distance to encrypt the HDD automatically. The HDD will be locked in three seconds!
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