Comments on: Review: Aiko Solutions SecuBox - When all your box can’t belong to anyone else

By: Brandon Steili

Brandon Steili — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:52:44 +0000

Patrick - absolutely you can back the key up from within the application. The screen shot above shows that option in the menu. What I did was back it up from within the application and then use Resco to offload it to a network share for safe keeping.

There’s no need to really have it on the device if you’re using a backup application because that will restore the settings anyway… so the only concern is if you have no other way to really get the key back or you move to a new device.

Well that and because Murphy Laws will always strike when you least expect them

By: PatrickJ

PatrickJ — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:33:25 +0000

Hey SinisterJunkie - we might help encourage you a little on that score. We’re going to run a store coupon for SecuBox. Will post details on that very shortly …

By: SinisterJunkie

SinisterJunkie — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:28:08 +0000

Nice review! I have look at Secubox in the past, but never found the time to truely test it out. You review might just be the motivation that I need to make my PDA Phone a bit more secure. Thanks!

By: PatrickJ

PatrickJ — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:02:52 +0000

Hey Brandon - great review. Absolutely right that security is way too often overlooked when it comes to mobile devices. In fact, I really wonder whether a lot more corporates and government orgs will start forcing people towards separate ‘work’ and ‘personal’ devices.

I like your password tip, and don’t always trust those Password Strenght rating bars - have seen those tell you that a 7 character password with one numeric character in it is quite strong - Bollocks.

The program overall sounds great. One question - can you backup the key from within the app? That would seem a good idea to me, since with security subjects the less onus on us users to manually do something, the better.