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IronKey Unveils Self-Destructing USB Flash Drive

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the better-than-having-to-eat-it dept.

fysdt writes to share that IronKey has released a USB flash drive with self-destruct capability. Specializing in "secure flash drives," IronKey has launched the S200 aimed at government and enterprise customers, "featuring hardened physical security, the latest Cryptochip technology, active anti-malware and enhanced management capabilities. It's the 'first and only USB storage device to achieve FIPS 140-2, Level 3 validation' and delivers advanced Cryptochip featuring AES-256, tamper-resistance and self-destruction circuitry."

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  1. Rip-off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    why would i pay $199 for that when i could buy a cheap USB drive and a hammer to break it with for less than $10?

    1. Re:Rip-off by Starteck81 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I believe the self-destruct is triggered by unauthorized attempts to access. While your way is cheaper I suspect that rubber banding your usb drive to a hammer with a note that says "In case of theft please smash drive" is somewhat less effective due the lack of ethics most thieves posses.

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    2. Re:Rip-off by Chabo · · Score: 5, Funny

      Here's my idea:

      Sell a USB drive that's approximately 2 feet by 2 feet by 4 feet in size. The drive will consist of a radiation-shielded box. Inside, there's a flask filled with poison, and a hammer connected to a Geiger counter. There's also a cat with a heart monitor. If the flask breaks and the cat dies, then the drive will self-destruct.

      Would you be willing to buy my product?

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  2. Re:Encryption is just as good as self destruction by ocularDeathRay · · Score: 4, Funny

    didn't you just read the slashdot front page news that they can hack your brain now? god... pay attention. This is an anti brain hacking device.

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  3. Re:Encryption is just as good as self destruction by Cyberax · · Score: 4, Funny

    Encryption can easily be beaten by thermorectal cryptoanalysis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis).

  4. Re:Nerdgasm by TooMuchToDo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that where my USB key is embedded in a stick of dynamite for quick data wiping?

  5. Smoke by wjousts · · Score: 5, Funny

    This better emit a puff of smoke when it self-destructs or I'm not buying it. It doesn't matter if the smoke is only for show.

  6. You're on to something! by SCPaPaJoe · · Score: 2, Funny

    I vote for the floppies. How about 5.25" 360k. 3 to 9 thousand of them!
    How many people can read those nowadays?

  7. Re:Where's the market? by Abreu · · Score: 2, Funny

    How would you transport a few gigabytes to a new location?
    FTP?
    External HD.
    DVD?
    And very large number of floppies?
    I take my source code home with me on a USB drive. I currently encrypt it but I could see this being even better.

    I am partial to the classic solution: Microfilm in a hollow tooth

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  8. Mission Impossible by Neanderthal+Ninny · · Score: 2, Funny

    The new version of the Mission Impossible self-destructing tape player.
    However, how many spoofs has been made to this "self-destruction" capability so I wonder what if your USB key self-destructs accidentally in your pants pocket will it fry your gonads.

  9. Re:This is nothing new. by Joe+U · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've been administering and deploying "self-destructing" USB drives for several years!

    After about a year, the drive stops working and all the data is gone. It's always the one the boss was using and it's always some important file that he didn't have a copy of somewhere else, so it is very consistant in that one regard.