This SSD Will Self-Destruct When Needed

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drwho1

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I like the second option best for "normal users" ...

The first option would make no sense to "normal users" like me, but it would come handy for military or any other high sensitive environment were data could end up in the wrong hands.
 

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In my experience, you don't need this fancy drive: Just a Sandforce based controller and sleep mode...

(This coming from the proud owner of over 5 Sandforce based drives...)

 
LOL, great video, the lip sync was a bit off like an old Godzilla movie, yet it was more interesting and engaging than any of the new Tom's Hardware videos :p
And seriously... smoke coming from the SSD... now that is convincing destruction :)
 

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I have a better solution for secure data destruction,

Why not mix some thermite and place it in a small container above the SSD or HDD

then install an extra switch onto your case, then wire it from the power supply, through the thermite and too the switch.

then if you need to physically destroy the drive, you simply hit a button and the drive will be melted in about 2-3 seconds

it will be very similarly to that drive in the video, but cheaper and compatible with any drive.

thermite is cheap and easy to make (sometimes even free)

or if you are lazy, you can wire up a shotgun shell to the drive (though that is less safe compared to making thermite which has such a high ignition temperature that it ignite by it's self, even if you stick the entire unit in a oven. (you can even wrap it in paper then pour some gas and set it on fire and it wont start the exothermic reaction)
 

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Oh I bet hackers would love this! Not really so much to try to nuke others, but to nuke themselves when they are caught. Definite military applications too. I remember when the Chinese forced one American spy plane to land about 10 years (or so) ago. They had to pour acid on their hard drives in order to prevent the Chinese from getting the data they had collected.
 

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"Hey dad? What if i push this weird looking button next to this black square thingie?"

Dad says, "No son!! my porn collection!"

-followed by grounding the whole summer vacation- =(
 

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Pretty much every Seagate and IBM spindle drive I've ever owned did the same thing, except it was unexpected and a week after warranty. hehe
 

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I wish they didnt use the term, "self destruct". One of the great moments of disappointment, in recent times, was a forgotten password on an IronKey. The user quit, we didnt have the password, and were gonna "self destruct" the drive for the lols; there were no lols to be had. A red light flashed and the fanfare was over.

And the sleep comment is lols.
 
[citation][nom]igot1forya[/nom]Pretty much every Seagate and IBM spindle drive I've ever owned did the same thing, except it was unexpected and a week after warranty. hehe[/citation]
Guess I have been lucky because I have had Seagate drives since my first 250meg drive and have not had one go bad most are still working in rigs today.
 
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