This new SSD will literally self destruct if you push the big red button it comes with — Team Group posts video of data destruction in action

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• Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml ⁨17⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  My cat, "Tell me more about this big red plaything "

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• besselj@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The magic smoke comes out so that you know its working. It’s a very human design.

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  • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Frankly I was hoping to see a lot more… Back in the early 2009’s my employer was hit hard by the capacitor plague - we had something like 700 server motherboards recalled. Before the recall we had a handful of servers suffer “thermal events”. Long story short, the on-board video chip would erupt in a geyser of smoke & flame about 6-8 inches high.

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  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I always wanted a novelty 5 inch bay device that was release a small wisp of smoke from the front of the pc case. It could be a command, or randomized and it would councide with a BSOD or just a power-off command.

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    • seaQueue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You could probably build a lookalike using an ultrasonic vaporizer. Just fire it up and have it emit a puff of vapor on command.

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    • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Random would be great for when someones over and you're playing a game.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Smoke? I want the entire thing to explore like a Star Trek console.

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    • surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Only problem is the residue buildup. I think the smoke is a type of glycerine. It builds up on surfaces.

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The magic pixies are escaping.

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• DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Unless you have had three independent data recovery companies confirm the data can’t be recovered - I’m not buying it.

  For the software erase it says:

  Even if power is interrupted during the data wiping process, the drive will automatically resume clearing data the next time it gets power, says Team Group.

  We aren’t sure of the wiping algorithm or tech, so we would assume there remains a chance of data recovery after this software-powered wipe, or partial wipe.

  For the hardware erase, it says recovery might be more effort than it’s worth. So sounds like neither mode gets proven results.

  It’s essentially a dangerous scam.

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  • notabot@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It does seem like it would be simpler and more reliable to use full disk encryption to encrypt the data before it's written, and just destroy the key if you want to nuke the data.

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    • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That isn’t good enough for some very sensitive data

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• cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Came here for old school Mission: Impossible reference and wasn’t disappointed.

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  • p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Lies. I see no self-destruction in action here.

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    • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      did you stare long enough?

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Lies

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• mbirth@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Don’t tell your friends! They WILL push that button the moment you’re not looking.

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  • ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Speak for yourself. My friends are all libertarians and we adhere to the non-aggression principal.

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    • emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨37⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Yeah they wouldnt ever do anything aggressive, theyll hust take all your money and laugh as you pick out a cardboard box because its in their rational self interest.

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  • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Also don’t buy this if you have small children.

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    • Goun@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Or big children

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• fartographer@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No one wants to microwave their mass storage anymore. 😡

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• nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  We just keep making it easier for perry the platypus

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• Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  like literally a turn this into even more ewaste button?

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  • SheeEttin@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No, it just wipes the encryption keys.

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    • xylol@leminal.space ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Only if the FBI is at your door I assume

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• lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’ve been H/W Quick Eraseing ESP32s and ATMEL chips for over a decade now

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• fubarx@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not buying it, unless there’s smoke involved at the end.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “SSD smoke. Don’t breathe this!”

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• dukatos@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That music, Jesus…

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• LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Good morning, Mr. Phelps…

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