Jake Ludington

If you travel with important data on your laptop, finding ways of securing that data is crucial. Encrypting your entire disk is one way to get the job done, although this often becomes a hindrance for things like launching email. Another solution is to create significant speed bumps for anyone who might steal your laptop by simply making it easier to format the drive than to access data. Double Password adds an additional speed bump, without dramatically reducing your own ability to use your computer. The software creates a token that’s stored on a USB keychain drive and requires the drive be connected to the computer either at logon or all the time depending on your own level of paranoia. This is similar to token security systems at a DIY level. At the moment the software is free although it appears they are also planning to offer a fee version in the near future. [Windows XP $0.00]