Building a Digital Go-bag

We take for granted, and are dependent on, the resources we use every day: Power, Internet, Cell Services, and more.  In an Emergency /Disaster these items most likely will be intermittent and /or not available. The purpose of a “Digital Go-Bag” is to be prepared for these scenarios. If you expand this to Traveling one […]

A USB Data Blocker is a device that plugs into the charging cable and prevents an unknown USB charging port from accessing data or installing malware on the device being charged. It does this by connecting the power but not the data lines in the adapter. I chose the Afterplug Data Blocker because they have

I admit that I prefer short cables for my travel kits. This is from trying to have something manageable on hotel desks when charging multiple devices. For my Digital Go-Bag, I wanted small things to keep the kit as small and light as I could to increase the chances that I would have something when

I chose the Anker PowerPort Atom III because it was small and flat with enough power (30W) to charge most devices and was from a trusted brand. Purchase here:Amazon (Currently unavailable – I’ll update with alternatives when I have a chance)

I chose the Kingston Ironkey Keypad 200 because it uses hardware-based encryption and can be accessed without installing software on third party devices. The 8GB version was used because it can be formatted for access from a wide variety of devices (unlike higher capacity drives). An argument can be made for either the USB-A or

Another image of the contents of a digital go-bag.