USB Security Token

[Zagen]

And I keep mine near my comp and don't carry it around. Point? If a virus is made particularity for it, all the person who made it has to do is program it to go after drives, keystroke, dl malware,ect. it isn't impossible. and as soon as its recognized as being plugged it its too late. Doesn't matter if its 1 second or 30. Tokens are effective because they arn't "apart" of your computer. If its connected you may as well not have a security device at all.

I'm fine with the token being the way it is. even with having to replace one after a few years. It is much safer being a "token" then a usb device. I'd think the only realistic concern is waiting for the new token to get here while your battery is dying. i'd imagine you'd have to still use the old one to sign in to even unlink said dying token so you'd have to do it before it did kick the bucket. Then wait weeks/months in some cases for your newly ordered token to arrive.

Thing is they aren't any safer unplugged from the computer than they would be plugged in.

Do yourself a favor and research what a hacker is capable of doing once they have a program on your computer, it will do much more than the security token ever will for you. Everyone who honestly thinks their account is safer with a token should do this not just you specifically.