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Hard Drive Detonator

Always be prepared.

Research

All assemblies will be rigged inside the disk or directed at the platters from underneath, possibly removing the bottom casing. Should use RC-car remote detonator.


Explosives
Gunpowder/Mg charge Bombs 101 Attempt 001

Hard Drive Detonator #001 from Jamie Wilkinson on Vimeo.
Model rocket engine Sustained, directed, and very hot Planned
Thermite “Nasty stuff”; highly effective but messy (manslaughter messy) Not planned


Chemical
Hydrochloric acid Acid 101 Planned
Fluoroantimonic acid or Fluorosulfuric acid Strongest commercially available acids (superacids) Planned
Mercury vials Been told that mercury has corrosive properties on disks Planned
Sand Inject while disk is still moving (not a 100% use case) Planned


Mechanical/Electrical
Bulk tape eraser Bulky, requires external power Not planned
Run 220v Highly effective, may start a fire Planned
“Flux compressor” can allegedly crush the hard drive like an aluminum can; requires power, probably prohibitively expensive; does not actually exist? Not planned
Epoxy injector May not result in sufficient disk damage Not planned
Pneumatic spike Large, unweildy, but highly effective Planned


Commercial
IronKey USB drive Heavy duty hardware+software encryption and a “self-destruct” mechanism (needs testing)
EDT: Enhanced harddrive “A destruction technology is imbedded in the hard drive casing and can be initiated by as many as 17 remote triggers. Once deployed, the data stored on the disks is destroyed beyond forensic recovery. The process is non-toxic, non-combustible and does not cause any collateral damage to the other parts of the computer. The process is self-powered.” (unreleased as of feb. 5th 2008)

YouTubing

Kevin Rose & 4 lbs of thermite
Barry Woods Blast furnace
More Barry Woods destroys disks rail spike, .45-70 lever action rifle
General computer explosion
Running 220v
More explosives
36th Communications Sq. and 36th CES/CED (Explosive Ordinance Disposal team) personnel destroy 300 classified hard drives….the fun way!
70g HMTD charge blows up microwave – awesome

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