RunCore Introduces Self-Destructable SSD

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 17, 2012 @03:06AM from the magic-smoke-that-is dept.

jones_supa writes "RunCore announces the global launch of its InVincible solid state drive, designed for mission-critical fields such as aerospace or military. The device improves upon a normal SSD by having two strategies for the drive to quickly render itself blank. First method goes through the disk, overwriting all data with garbage. Second one is less discreet and lets the smoke out of the circuitry by driving overcurrent to the NAND chips. Both ways can be ignited with a single push of a button, allowing James Bond -style rapid response to the situation on the field."

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These should be banned by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-17 03:10 · Score: 2, Insightful

After all, they are excellent tools for padeophiles and terrorists. Amirite?
Self-destruct designed for use on planes? by robthebloke · 2012-05-17 03:16 · Score: 3, Insightful

I'm sure the TSA will be perfectly reasonable about people carrying those onto planes....
Re:Encryption by houstonbofh · 2012-05-17 03:22 · Score: 2, Insightful

Considering the (mostly) invincible state of good encryption, this seems unnecessary. Sure, it is a fun idea, but not a practical one.
No encryption is invincible. Especially 5 years from now... Computing power has advanced to the point where you can just brute force "invincible encryption" from a few years back...