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Amstel Light
is there such a device (magnetic?) that you activate remotely to destroy your computers memory in times of emergency? Will a large magnetic field destroy memory from your computer at all?
you should try it and let me know
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Amstel Light
OOOHH wow what a creative post!!! The way you add snarky sarcasm with just a hint of pretension and that underlying feeling that you really have no usefull knowledge to offer BUT you make it seem like you do! BRAVO MY FRIEN D.....BRAVO
Large electromagnets will work on magnetic hard disk drives. You'd have to pass it over each hard disk to be sure, and of course anything that is stored on CD or DVD would need to be microwaved to be fully destroyed. I don't know if the em would work for flash memory though..
CaptainTrips
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If your computer is such a concern, encryption is probably a better answer. With adequate encryption, they are not going to get into it.
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Amstel Light
Thcx Che + Ctrips
does it really matter? the ip stores all of it anyway right?
How does that work?
I would somehow fuck that up..i.e. not hit enter and think its installed... forget how to get in it myself...
does it really matter? the ip stores all of it anyway right?
Take a CD (one that you'd like to destroy, preferably)
Place in microwave on "High" for 5-15 seconds.
Once you hear/see the disc sparking stop the microwave immediately, and remove the disc.
The metal inside the disc where the data is stored will have separated and the disc is no longer readable. You can confirm this by popping it into any reader.
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ThePotanist
wire a smalll package of thermite above each hard drive hook up a fuse to the power from the cdrom drive just go to logme in then log in to your computer double click on the drive it will spin up for a second to see if there is a cd in the drive thus tripping the fuse and melting the hole computer. ***caution may cause unwanted fires***
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Amstel Light
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Amstel Light
heehee what? acid would not cause a fire just a deadly airborne toxin?
as said above but if your gettn busted doubt you'll have time to do the required steps
NightFire
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The only way to prevent data from being read by police is by 100% destruction. Any less and the data can be recovered.
Full encryption will be able to hold off recovery for years. Electromagnetically erasing them will be easier to recover than encryption. The magnet would have to be large and close to the drives.
Full encryption will be able to hold off recovery for years. Electromagnetically erasing them will be easier to recover than encryption. The magnet would have to be large and close to the drives.
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Hazyfontazy
the technologhy to wipe from afar is available ,i dunno where but i just read that the you can send a signal to a blackberry phone and it destroys all the data on it if its stolen ,so u should be able to do it on a pc
strydr
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If you use a Mac, just create a sparse disk image with 256Bit AES encryption. Make your password something obscure, and keep all your "personal" stuff in there. With that level of encryption, it would take a supercomputer quite a few months to crack it. As long as you can remember your password, you are fine. This is how I keep all my data safe.
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Amstel Light
thats it a self destruction virus!!!
strydr
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Hazy,
This tech basically just performs a factory reset(+ lock) of the device- this flashes the ROM, and removes things like contacts and email, and any other config. data. I have not heard of anything like that for a PC.
I would suggest using a encrypted disk image.
On a PC, go with Truecrypt
On a MAC, go with Sparse Disk Image
CaptainTrips
Active member
Yes, an encrypted disk, with a a maximum length alpha numeric passkey, stored on some sort of "key", that could later be destroyed, or on your person remotely. Much better than trying to come up with some maxwell smart remote detonator. lol
probably gonna cost a bit, but install a very powerful magnet around the door leading out of your comp room
strydr
Member
Don't ever write this passphrase down!!
I can't stress that enough. I can't tell you how many times I've gone to fix a computer (big business, not home users), and found a post-it with all the users' passwords written down.
I would use a phrase that includes capital letters, numbers, and a special char. or two. Don't make it soo hard that you can't remember (because if you forget, you're screwed), but don't make it so easy that a simple dictionary attack could guess it.
Unless LEO really wants your data, it is a total waste of time to try breaking the encryption. Even if the wanted to, by the time encryption was broken, statue of limitations would be enacted..
