Thank you for this.  Do you know if you can use the Kingston secure drives on 
public or computers of friends?  I wouldn’t have admin rights.

Thanks,
Traci

On May 19, 2015, at 2:19 AM, Marshall Scott <mfsc...@mac.com> wrote:

> Hi, Tracy,
> if you really want security on a USB drive, you should check out the hardware 
> encrypted USB drives.  I use Kingston drives and they are accessible on OS X 
> and Windows 7.  The advantage is that these drives require a password to 
> mount the drives.  The disadvantage is that if you forget your password, 
> there is no way to recover your data.  And,if someone tries to guess your 
> password, the drive is erased after a number of times.
> Also, TrueCrypt is no longer being developed/supported.
> HTH Marshall
> 
>> On May 17, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all, I have been googling on various options for having a cross platform 
>> secure USB drive.  What do you recommend?  If possible, I’d like a solution 
>> that utilizes my existing USB stick.  Though, I’m open to purchasing a new 
>> USB drive with security built-in.
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Traci
>> 
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