-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alexander W. Janssen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> If I was in your position I might consider putting some bulk >> demagnetizers near my hard drives with a panic switch, with backups to a >> secure unknown location. > > Now this is definitively a bizarre idea... :-) > > That reminds me of the "nuke gateway"-function in the game Uplink[1]. (snip)
Although bizarre, this thread is not the first where I've heard of non-electronic panic-button-triggered data destruction mechanisms. Some I've heard of, at least purportedly: * Magnetism; * Incindieries (I can't spell that word worth crap); * Microwaves (the "Firedrive"); * Explosives (the plastique idea from earlier - I don't recommend it). I still think the best idea is a few scrubs of pseudorandom data, and then a sledgehammer to disable the physical mechanism (if you want extra security, and have no intentions of reusing the drive); of course, for the ultra-paranoid, this method will require a while for the PR streams to finish. =:oD - -- F. Fox CompTIA A+, Net+, Security+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHUzDObgkxCAzYBCMRAo/7AJ9j17R/zzQdzmO+GY1g/Yg7b48fxgCeKdGx 1Q+Asn6zHyb/Z2ujAz5zwVU= =hAMe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
