SMS Self Destructing SSDs UPDATE: Pricing and Availability

[AnnoyedShelf]

Oh my god that is so fucking cool. I wouldn't have any use for it, but damn that would be cool.

[Trik'Stari]

I want this.

 

And to those who say it's for illegal activities, you really think the police aren't above putting shit on your computer that wasn't originally there to begin with? It does happen. Same way cops have "found" drugs in people's cars.

[brownninja97]

Pokemon should sue them, clearly copying one of their attacks........

[dalekphalm]

Bring a GSM jammer with you, problem solved.

 

Reading closer I see you can set a starvation period. This may or may not be desirable though as you could starve the drive to destroy data.

Indeed the manufacturer claims other failsafe methods in case a GSM Jammer is present, including that "starvation" period you're referring to. Obviously the user would need to properly configure all the methods they want to use though to take full advantage of this.

[IAmBecomeLinus]

big deal, OCZ mastered self destructing drives years ago.

 

Haven't laughed that hard in a while.

[Legion]

Am I missing something here. If the laptop is turned off can the drive still self destruct I'm guessing it would have an internal battery just for the gsm radio but if this is the case what is to stop me from detonating is if police take it from me and I had something illegal. Encryption would work too for most things but its just one of those devils advocate thoughts.

These kind of things would be so amazing for the company I used to work for who they handled a lot of sensitive files shame they would be too cheap to buy them.

[lnxpro]

Next version of CryptoWare Ransomware virus... Pay $500 or we destroy your SSD!. not good.

[werto165]

Am I missing something here. If the laptop is turned off can the drive still self destruct I'm guessing it would have an internal battery just for the gsm radio but if this is the case what is to stop me from detonating is if police take it from me and I had something illegal. Encryption would work too for most things but its just one of those devils advocate thoughts.

These kind of things would be so amazing for the company I used to work for who they handled a lot of sensitive files shame they would be too cheap to buy them.

• Low Battery Level - If you chose this option then the Drive will self-destruct if its internal battery level falls below a given level. This protects against the Drive battery being run flat in an attempt to circumvent the Drives protection mechanisms.
• GSM Starvation Period – You can specify a period of time in hours that if the Drive cannot access a GSM service within this time period then the Drive will self-destruct. Protection Against: The removal of the GSM service in an attempt to circumvent the security features of the Drive.

[kuddlesworth9419]

What I think would be really useful is if the laptop HDD or SSD was destroyed if it was taken out of a field. Say if it was taken out of the company building or something. 

[Legion]

 

• Low Battery Level - If you chose this option then the Drive will self-destruct if its internal battery level falls below a given level. This protects against the Drive battery being run flat in an attempt to circumvent the Drives protection mechanisms.
• GSM Starvation Period – You can specify a period of time in hours that if the Drive cannot access a GSM service within this time period then the Drive will self-destruct. Protection Against: The removal of the GSM service in an attempt to circumvent the security features of the Drive.

 

 

Thank you kind sir I was viewing from my tablet and didn't read the articles fully.

[james_welch]

This will be great until people work out how to get the codes.

[Vermilion]

I literally can't think of a single use that this would have for a consumer outside of illegal things.

 

It's still cool, don't get me wrong. I just don't get the point of this if you're not doing something illegal, at least as a consumer.

 

I'm currently working in a law firm in Chicago, and I can think of several. Hell, I've got stuff right here in another window that could be a big deal if someone with bad intentions got their hands on it.

 

 

It might just be something as simple and everyday as protecting personal and contact information. Plenty of people access their bank accounts via their computer, and plenty of people may keep tax records or bank statements backed up on their drive.

 

Or, imagine a small business owner. If someone gets into their harddrive, they may have access to private business records, as well as even more dangerous stuff, like employee social security numbers and banking information.

 

There are other things I run into that are less common outside of this office, I'm sure, but that are still a big deal worth mentioning. If an attorney's laptop is stolen and the thief accesses confidential client information, well, that may not end very well for the client or the company.

 

 

This will be great until people work out how to get the codes.

 

 

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lmfao I didn't even think about that.

 

Ouch.

 

Yeah, that would be a bit of an issue, wouldn't it...

 

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Well, at least you would have a hard time guessing. I assume the text isn't exactly something like "password123", and matching however many possible password combinations there are to the 1,000,000,000--1,000,000,000,000 possible phone numbers (depending on whether or not they also use country codes) would take forever, even with massive computers texting constantly.

[Wano97]

But was that intentional?

It's a joke    He's saying that their SSDs were awful

[james_welch]

What I think would be really useful is if the laptop HDD or SSD was destroyed if it was taken out of a field. Say if it was taken out of the company building or something. 

You could securely attach an RFID chip to the SSD and if it leaves the field then a system could send the self-destruct code.

[krass76]

need to get eight and throw them in raid 0 for extreme data security (with lsi controller), no backup needed whatsoever, lol.

probably will cost 300-500$ more per drive tho (with all the explosive, the cellphone and such, in that small of a formfactor).

[Zyphera]

Or companies, sometimes it's worth loosing the data permanently than having it fall into other peoples hands. But it seems everyone here just thinks that these drives are for drug dealers, this is like the 5th post saying illegal activities.

Also, as someone who works for a security company part time, these would be perfect, they have drives containing information, settings, phones and keys of alarm systems, even those in banks, so now you can see the use. Don't get me wrong, that data is protected, but it's nothing that can't be eventually decrypted/brute forced.

That's also true. All the tax evasion for the big companies. No, but is is also needed for legal things.

Drug dealers will not get this drive. Too sophisticated to use. I guess that the illegal stuff is closer at hand to most of us. That's why we all think of it

[IdeaStormer]

Geeze just put a Faraday cage over it and you can't break jack @#$#.

[kuddlesworth9419]

You could securely attach an RFID chip to the SSD and if it leaves the field then a system could send the self-destruct code.

Yea that would be great. This sort of thing for the government would be really good. There have been too many times where documents have been leaked from offices because an idiot put secret documents in public bins. Not that we shouldn't know all of out governemnts secrets. It's important for governments to be completely transparent. 

[Traytor]

A serious issue: How do we test if the drive work as intended? I mean every kind of hardware malfunctions sometimes, that's what warranty is for. How can I be sure that my drive's self destruct actually works?

[Ybalrid]

The idea is nice. If i were running a company that manipulate sensible data or just that the business needs internal stuff to be realy secure, the ability to destroy any drive that can be lost in the wild (stolen laptop... sh*t like that), this could be usefull.

For normal user there is just no use to remotely destructing drives like this one...

[dalekphalm]

Yea that would be great. This sort of thing for the government would be really good. There have been too many times where documents have been leaked from offices because an idiot put secret documents in public bins. Not that we shouldn't know all of out governemnts secrets. It's important for governments to be completely transparent. 

That's a rather naive opinion. Yes transparency is very important for a 1st world nation, but if you (average Joe citizen) know their secrets, then so does the rest of the world. Do you honestly believe that the government should have no secrets? What about classified intelligence information? What about deep cover operatives and spies/anti-terrorist tier 1 special forces, etc? What about nuclear launch codes or the way our defense systems work?

 

There is plenty of information that must be kept confidential for a modern country to function. Of course, the Government should be more transparent about a lot of things still, but there are limits.

[james_welch]

Yea that would be great. This sort of thing for the government would be really good. There have been too many times where documents have been leaked from offices because an idiot put secret documents in public bins. Not that we shouldn't know all of out governemnts secrets. It's important for governments to be completely transparent. 

Not quite completely transparent, we need surveillance for criminals and terrorists and this doesn't go well if they get hold of drives.

[Mainfold]

Hmm.. combine this with those heartbeat-sensing auto-message devices, you could maybe trick it out to send an sms if you died. Cool beans

[felixthemaster1]

big deal, OCZ mastered self destructing drives years ago.

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[kuddlesworth9419]

Not quite completely transparent, we need surveillance for criminals and terrorists and this doesn't go well if they get hold of drives.

The terrorists wouldn't have existed if we had left all of their countries alone. If governments stopped interfering with unstable countries we wouldn't make enemies. Governments are there to run the country for the people and the organisations within that country not influence, invade and generally f*ck up other countries. But that is just my opinion.