News Self-Destructible USB Drive Arrives With Built-In Detonator

[Admin]

Rostec introduces a unique self-destructible USB flash drive.

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[USAFRet]

Next on the list of things to be banned from aircraft - Flash drives.

 

[vern72]

Perfect device to put homework on... so the teacher will believe the excuse!

 

[TheOtherOne]

Your mission ....

 

[hotaru.hino]

Next on the list of things to be banned from aircraft - Flash drives.

Well they still allow lithium ion batteries on board despite the documented evidence they catch fire seemingly at random.

 

[USAFRet]

Well they still allow lithium ion batteries on board despite the documented evidence they catch fire seemingly at random.

And some of them were banned for a while.
This thing is designed to 'explode'.

 

[hotaru.hino]

And some of them were banned for a while.
This thing is designed to 'explode'.

The FAA will ban that specific device if they catch wind of it, but your post was implying a blanket ban.

 

[USAFRet]

The FAA will ban that specific device if they catch wind of it, but your post was implying a blanket ban.

And we expect the cabin crew to know Flash Drive A from Flash Drive B?
Or one of these with a SanDisk sticker on it?

My post was sort of in jest, but that is not too far fetched a concept.


Whaddya mean I can't have a bottle of water?

 

[hotaru.hino]

And we expect the cabin crew to know Flash Drive A from Flash Drive B?
Or one of these with a SanDisk sticker on it?

My post was sort of in jest, but that is not too far fetched a concept.

Well again, lithium batteries seemingly explode for no reason, but they don't outright ban lithium batteries. Yes you could probably track it down to a well known device, but how do you know that some other random battery (like a cheapo AliExpress battery bank) I have won't explode? Either way, it's likely the flash drive doesn't destroy itself by literally exploding. Just set up a buck-boost converter to feed back way more voltage than the flash chip likes and it'll sort itself out.

 

[USAFRet]

"When activated by a press of a button on the end of the device, the detonator 'burns down printed circuit board with a cumulative charge,' "

Just saying...I can see the TSA taking a dim view of this device.