engadget.com— The 4GB flash drive encrypts all data with 128-bit AES, and then adds an extra layer of security: a self destruct feature...
Mar 16, 2006View in Crawl 4
Nah. Hacking the USB key would just happen on a dummy machine. Also, what's stopping someone from just copying the bits on the drive and trying more than 25 times?
i thought this was going to be like that episode of the broken when ramze packed a laptop's CD drive bay with like gun powder or something like that and made it really self destruct.
You are all making jokes and missing the point. In this day and age of lack of privacy with the government demanding any records those in power want to see, a data self-destruct mechanism is really important. The compute age has made our government much more powerful and some would argue this isn't a good thing. I think more personal devices like this are good, but if destruction privacy devices ever got big the government will just pass a law requiring a master password I suppose.The future of technology is individuals getting more powerful through technology and the government and people in general getting afraid and using technology in heavy handed ways. (Sorry bit off topic, but this device gets me thinking)
bradbeattieMar 17, 2006
Nah. Hacking the USB key would just happen on a dummy machine. Also, what's stopping someone from just copying the bits on the drive and trying more than 25 times?
defsmacMar 17, 2006
i thought this was going to be like that episode of the broken when ramze packed a laptop's CD drive bay with like gun powder or something like that and made it really self destruct.
beniMar 17, 2006
I thought the title read "Klingon Self-Destructing USB Device." Either I've been watching way too much Star Trek, or I need some sleep. Probably both.
jefreeMar 17, 2006
You are all making jokes and missing the point. In this day and age of lack of privacy with the government demanding any records those in power want to see, a data self-destruct mechanism is really important. The compute age has made our government much more powerful and some would argue this isn't a good thing. I think more personal devices like this are good, but if destruction privacy devices ever got big the government will just pass a law requiring a master password I suppose.The future of technology is individuals getting more powerful through technology and the government and people in general getting afraid and using technology in heavy handed ways. (Sorry bit off topic, but this device gets me thinking)
loganMar 17, 2006
Oh really? I wasn't aware of that. Of course, I use HFS+ and Reiser normally. Do those completely delete the file?
yahoofromMar 18, 2006
Bond. James Bond.