One should always do whatever it takes to protect their USB flash drives from unauthorized access. Many folks never think about this, especially when they use third-party computer systems. Well, we want to urge everyone to take USB flash drive security seriously. One of the best new tools for doing this is USB Lockit, which is available free of charge for both Windows and Android operating systems.
From our couple of days of use, it is safe to say USB Lockit does a good job at securing a flash drive or any other drive that is formatted using FAT32/exFAT. Because the program is a portable tool, it simply means that you can use it anywhere just as long as the operating system is supported.
We should point out that USB Lockit does not use any form of encryption, just a PIN. This means it will not protect from hackers, but it is more than good enough for regular daily situations, and that’s fine.
Secure your USB flash drive with USB Lockit
The first thing to do is to visit the official website and download the program to your hard drive. From there, transfer it to your USB flash drive.
OK, so using this program is pretty simple, to be honest. When you plug your flash drive into a computer, fire up the tool that is sitting on your drive, and right away, you will see the option to add a new PIN code.
Type your PIN in the NEW PIN input field and again in the CONFIRM PIN input field. After adding the PIN, hit the LOCK button, and all access from third parties to your flash drive should now be blocked.
You or anyone else will need to type the PIN to open and gain access to the drive. If this is not done, then all parties will be locked out of the drive.
The tool encrypts the files system with AES 256-bit including the boot partition of the drive. Also, the stored PIN is encoded.
PS: More USB security software here.
