SMS Self Destructing SSDs UPDATE: Pricing and Availability

[kuddlesworth9419]

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.

Yes governments shouldn't have secrets why the hell should they. They shouldn't be doing anything that would warrant them to hid it from anyone now should they. If I am actively hiding something then the government would probably put surveillance on me even if I wasn't doing anything wrong. Which is what they have been doing for years.

[zanduh]

Very very cool

 

Also price is no object for the corporations that would use this. 500 (guess) dollars or sensitive information worth millions? 

[LAwLz]

No because then the NSA will just tell you to tell them the password or you'll be fined a base fee of $250,000 and this fee is doubled each day that you don't give them the password.

Can't you just go "sorry but I don't know the password"? Surely they can't fine you if you really don't know the password. That's possible if you for example used a USB memory stick as the key instead.

I wasn't even thinking of this as an NSA counter measurement. I was more thinking of it as "oh crap I forgot my laptop on the bus and now people will have my personal files" counter measurement.

 

 

this is for when you need absolute data security, where somebody ripping the encrypted contents and using the people's botnet of china(no conspiracy theorist here, I just made that up) to break the encryption over months would actually be a possibility.

Encryption like AES 512 is very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very hard to break. Maybe if every single person in China had the resources of the NSA, and they spent several years trying to breaking the encryption then sure, it would be possible. But until then, it's just not feasible.

 

 

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.

Then the power goes out in the building... All company laptops ruined forever.

[mvitkun]

Can't you just go "sorry but I don't know the password"? Surely they can't fine you if you really don't know the password. That's possible if you for example used a USB memory stick as the key instead.

I wasn't even thinking of this as an NSA counter measurement. I was more thinking of it as "oh crap I forgot my laptop on the bus and now people will have my personal files" counter measurement.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/10/14/lavabits-legal-fight-appeal/

For some reason I don't think they'd just back down and say "okay, well thanks for your time sir/madam."

[Exotath]

I can think of a better reason than protecting financial records or business data.

Internet search history.

[Snickerzz]

lol imagine the ssd getting a spam sms and breaking :DD

[flibberdipper]

Neato.

[Nineshadow]

[Barnacules]

R.I.P porn collections that will undoubtedly be destroyed by this due to false alarms where parents unexpectedly enter the room

[Trik'Stari]

R.I.P porn collections that will undoubtedly be destroyed by this due to false alarms where parents unexpectedly enter the room

*A rare Barnacules appears*

 

(not to mention, making a joke that I should have made pages ago, ashamed of myself)

[werto165]

@Barnacules How's it going? 

[Exotath]

R.I.P porn collections that will undoubtedly be destroyed by this due to false alarms where parents unexpectedly enter the room

 

"Honey can I use your laptop for a minute?"

 

 

*SMS KERPLOSION*

[Barnacules]

*A rare Barnacules appears*

 

(not to mention, making a joke that I should have made pages ago, ashamed of myself)

 

Thank goodness you missed it or I would have had nothing!

 

@Barnacules How's it going? 

 

 

It's going great, just still trying to wrap my head around everything that is going on. But having a good time!

[Trik'Stari]

Thank goodness you missed it or I would have had nothing!

 

 

 

It's going great, just still trying to wrap my head around everything that is going on. But having a good time!

And whats more, he quoted little old me *faints*.

 

Good to hear your doing well. Any exciting video's coming up for us to watch?

[Maslofski]

such a troll item. buy one for your friend, and then you can demand stuff or their SSD goes "crack!"

[13CA350]

NSA: If you use SecureDrives you're obviously doing something illegal, so you should let us look at your data.

 

Comcast too!!

 

I'd defiantly buy these if I upgrade for 2 reasons: (If they aren't ridiculously overpriced.)

 

1: Because I can

2: Why not?

[xCaptObviousx]

I feel like if I got one my dumbass friends would steal my phone and send the self destruct signal.

[Art Vandelay]

Okay... so what happens if I go steal your laptop and sit in an elevator?

[Jebonia]

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.

It wasn't designed for you the consumer. The OP says its for large corporate where data is really confidential. This SSD might cost $10k but the secrets it keeps could be worth millions

[Jebonia]

I totally need this for my phone. So if the bae takes the phone, she aint gonna see shit! second thoughts i need another phone to detonate it...............

[Jerakl]

big deal, OCZ mastered self destructing drives years ago.

#rekt

[Sharif]

The puns and jokes  :lol:

[IAMTHEDOM]

Just make sure that no incompetent people write down the number and code to self destruct the SSD because "it's too hard to remember it."

[nightmarevoid]

I can't tell if a wrong-number-text on this thing would be tragic or hilarious

[wrath]

its great

but think about where you might left it before texting it cause if you just left it at home or in the company toilette then when you find it you just lost a lot of data

(it might happen cause people do lots of weird stuff )