LaCie have outed their latest portable hard-drive, and as well as being protected from bumps and drops, it’s also secure in terms of unauthorised access. The LaCie Rugged Safe packs 500GB or 1TB of storage into a shock-proof enclosure, with a biometric fingerprint scanner on top that unlocks its 128-bit AES hardware encryption.
Both USB and FireWire connectivity is supported, and the drive – and fingerprint scanner – are both bus-powered for ease of use. There’s also apparently no driver to install; plug in the Rugged Safe, swipe, and you’re good to go. That should hopefully make usage more straightforward on machines where you don’t have administrator rights.
Up to ten different user profiles are supported, and LaCie bundle both FireWire and USB cables – and a two-port USB power cable – in the box. It’s available now, priced at $189.99 for the 500GB model and $299.99 for the 1TB.