You’ll, also have a QR code and short code that is unique to each individual drive.
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On the back of the ArmorLock you’ll find the usual regulatory information, part number, serial number, capacity, place of manufacturer and so on. On the front and back of the AmorLock you can see the yellowish aluminum core that was deigned to dissipate heat from the NVMe SSD to minimize throttling. The front of the drive also has LED lights that go along with padlock images to show if the ArmorLock is in a locked or unlocked state. This drive comes with a standard 5-year warranty, so it should last many years! The enclosure feels solid and G-Technology says that it will survive a 3-meter drop, has a crush resistance of 1,000-pounds and is IP67 dust and water rated. The LaCie Rugged SSD 1TB measures 5.29″ x 3.21″ x 0.73″ and our 2TB sample tipped the scaled at 198 Grams without the cable. Inside the box you’ll find a USB Type-C to Type-C cable, USB Type-C to Type-A cable, quick start guide, and finally the the drive itself. This is the only capacity that the ArmorLock is available in and it runs $599.99 shipped at places like Amazon. G-Technology sent over the ArmorLock 2TB model to review that is sold under part number 0G10484-1. Right now the app requires macOS 10.13+ and iOS 13+ operating systems to work, but an Android app is said to be in the works.
This means no password is needed and you can assign multiple users to the drive. To unlock the ArmorLock you’ll need to use a dedicated app for your smartphone that unlocks the drive over Bluetooth.
This automatic locking feature ensures that all of the content on the drive is inaccessible. This drives shipped to you locked with encryption enabled and goes back to a locked state each and every time it is ejected from the system it is being used on. This 2TB external NVMe SSD has high-end speeds of up to 1000 MB/s yet offers 256-bit AES-XTS hardware encryption and NIST P-256 elliptic curve-based key management!
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If you are concerned with the data on your portable SSD getting seen by others an encrypted SSD like the ArmorLock by G-Technology might be of interest. ArmorLock – A Serious Encrypted 2TB Portable SSD