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I really find it disturbing that even if you are completely fastidious about purging temporary files, personal information can still be harvested from a computer's hard drive. What if you are on vacation and happen to use an internet cafe's computer? Or what if you are a student using a PC in one of your school's computer labs? If you go to a site that requires a password or if you order something from the internet with a credit card, that private information may or may not be obtainable by someone with harmful intentions. The Stealth Surfer is a product that completely does away with that worry, because it basically hijacks the host computer and forces data that would ordinarily go into a temporary file on the host's hard drive, into a folder on the StealthSurfer itself instead.

This year, the StealthSurfer I previously reviewed has undergone a major facelift, and the new model is going by the name StealthSurfer II. While the hardware remains (as best I can tell) exactly the same, there have been so many improvements to the software portion of this device that it is now world's ahead of where it was. The StealthSurfer II is available in 128MB, 256MB, 512MB and 1GB memory denominations. Once again, I was sent the 128MB.

In it's plastic case, the StealthSurfer II (SSII) measures 2.52" long (including the lid) and 0.83" wide x 0.3" thick. If the reinforcing case is completely removed, the SSII measures a secretive 1.7" long x 9.7" wide x 0.1" thick.

Specifications:Interface: USB 2.0, data transfer rate up to 480Mb/sec
Capacity: 128MB ~ 1 GB
Sustained Data Transfer Rate: Up to 8MB/secOS
Supported: Win 2000/XPPower Supply: DC 5V/3.3v +/-5%, through USB port
Power Consumption: <140 mALED Indicator for file access
For more information visit gadgeteer.com..

[source:gadgeteer.com]

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