Linux, Windows, and Mac OS all have native file encryption systems that are free to use. For example, if you encrypt the USB stick with a Linux utility, you can only access those files by connecting the USB to a Linux computer, and only one with that same encryption utility installed on it. One drawback to using any encryption system is that you restrict your own access to the data on your USB stick. You can protect your data from being riffled through by a stranger by encrypting your USB stick. However, the chances of someone else accessing that data is an even worse prospect. Losing a flash drive is annoying because you lose all of your important data along with it. Unfortunately, those very attributes also make them easy to steal or lose. The fact that they are small and light makes USB sticks very easy to carry, hide, and store. They make it easy to transfer data from one computer to another and they help you keep private data off publicly accessed computers or workplace equipment. USB sticks are handy little storage extensions.
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