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2 freecom hard drive keycard protection (mac) – Freecom Technologies Hard Drive Secure User Manual

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Enabling data protection by keycard

4. Freecom Hard Drive Keycard Protection (Mac)

You can protect your Hard Drive Secure from unwanted access by enabling the RFID

protection. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification, and this technology is used

in the 2 keycards shipped with the drive and in the drive itself.
When starting to use the Hard Drive Secure for the first time, you need to configure

the 2 supplied keycards with the drive. The Hard Drive Secure can identify maximum 2

keycards. We suggest that – after configuring – you use one keycard (labeled "Security

Key") and store the other keycard (labeled "Master Key") in a safe place, in case your

Security Key gets lost.
The use of the RFID protection with the keycards is purely optional. If you don’t want to

use this security option, you can immediately use your Hard Drive Secure out of the box,

without any configuration steps necessary, just as any standard USB hard drive.
The default setting of the Hard Drive Secure is "No Keycard protection".

Attention: When setting up the security option, all data will be deleted

on your hard drive. You have the possibility to backup all Freecom data

(manuals, software etc.) to your local hard drive during the setup. This

option will backup ONLY Freecom data! If you already have some personal

data on the hard drive, this will not be saved.