Cherry’s New Wireless Keyboard Has 128-Bit AES Encryption

Posted by at 11:29 am on February 11, 2015

When you hear the name Cherry, what probably immediately jumps to the German manufacturer’s mechanical MX switches, but that’s not the only thing that it makes – you’ll also find various membrane-based keyboards in the company’s arsenal, which range from the very low keyboards to more advanced keyboards for industrial use. Now, the company is announcing the JD-0400EU set, which includes a keyboard and a mouse.

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Beside the EU layout, what set this keyboard apart is that it features 128-bit AES encryption, which it uses over its wireless protocol. We’re not sure about how many other wireless keyboards and mice use encryption, but considering that Cherry is making a point of it here, something tells us that it isn’t all that many.

Beyond the encryption, the keyboard and mouse aren’t that special. The keyboard is a membrane keyboard with Cherry SX switches (scissor switches) that is rated to last up to 10 million keystrokes, and the mouse has an expected lifetime of 45,000 hours. They both feature a standard black design and are charged by a USB cable.

Cherry did not reveal pricing or availability information. Hopefully, any variant that comes to the U.S. will also feature a standard U.S. keyboard layout, so you can make the NSA work a little harder.

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