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Self Destructing Harddrives

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kitamesume:
the problem is you'd end up blowing up your room as well, i doubt a cracker sized explosive is enough to put heavy damages onto the drives >,> unless that is you get some really good directional explosives used on demolitions.

unlike magnets can be shielded pretty well, and can be directed as well.

Scudworth:
If I really need to I'll take the drive out and lay down the hammer of Justice Shame to it.
What would be more practical would be something like this http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2610#comic

Pentium100:
Seems useful, though normal SSDs can be modified to have this function - just connect some pins of the memory chips together and connect that to the mains. 220V will even create some fireworks, not just smoke.

I guess this is what is happening inside the SSD - the chips get connected to 12V instead of 3.3 or whatever voltage they need, though it may limit the current, since most 3.3V chips would blow up (there would be a chunk missing) if connected to 12V. Destroying magnetic media is more difficult, since the media itself is larger.

JoonasTo:
There are no directional explosives. The direction is controlled with the form and the ignition, which in turn controls the advancing of the explosion. Simplest way to make it directional would be to put a cover on top of the explosive to hamper it from blasting out of the disk. Just make sure the cover isn't metal or you'll be a bloody cheese after it.

elvikun:
And so...  You'll destroy your computer everytime someone knocks on your doors or...?
If you want to be paranoic, you have to go all the way, install camera systems, install alarms to warn you in advance, never go further than 20 meters from your computer, have everything encrypted and be behind several lines of virtual defenses... Otherwise .. police usually gets the computers before the person in question even notices police is after them, when there is suposed to be evidence there.

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