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Nifty. I couldn't see a practical use for myself but, it's cool none the less.
Very useful for getting any sort of private data through an airport that does not respect privacy. For example any US airport...
No it isn't. It will be treated like any other drive where encryption is nothing new. In fact, to look for a text file and then make something accessible means it is likely much easier to detect that something is off about it than regular encryption that just looks like random data. Whether it tries to hide it's true storage capacity or boots its own internal OS to present storage, people often think they're being clever when really they're just making themselves stand out.
You misunderstood what is seen or how it works.
When the drive is checked, you can see files and whatever on what appears to be an 8GB flash drive.
You have to add the specifically worded txt file into that drive before the hidden drive shows up.