[rescue] Re: nuking from orbit

[Jeremy Nielson]

The only problem with that, is people have actually rigged explosives to
their systems, and had them set to trip wires and what not...

The people whose machines were confiscated, err, umm, destroyed, were then
charged with obstruction of justice.

What a pity the world we live in, where one can't be "secure in his papers"
anymore.

Jeremy Nielson

----- Original Message -----
From: Simeon Johnston <simeonuj at eetc.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 6:20 PM
Subject: [rescue] Re: nuking from orbit


> > I would think it would crack the platter into several pieces but not
> > enough so that it couldn't be clean-room assembled.  Someone mentioned
> > the inverse-square law on this - I think the casing will absorb enough
> > of the blast to make the disk reconstructible.
> >
> > If there's even a third of the platter left then it's probably not an
> > effective solution.
> >
> > What about a simple non-toxic coating dissolving compound pumped into
> > the drive case?  You could probably rent/borrow time in a clean room
> > somewhere and install a "clean" micro-spray nozzle into the top of the
> > hard drive.  Just make sure the pressure is enough to fill the drive
> > casing completely in a short amount of time.
> >
> > Anybody got a good chemical suggestion?
>
> WOW...
> That's the best suggestion yet.
> Maybe a scraping blade dissolving compound combo.  As long as you got
> the thing open.  The scraping blade would ensure the platters where wiped.
>
> This would actually work a lot better on the MB and related chips.
> Faster meltdown.  Encase it in some kind of plasic and pump the chemical
in.
>:)
>
> It just gets better and better.
>
> Maybe someone should start manufacturing Phycotically Secure Computers.
> Built in self destruct devices.  Complete and utter data loss garanteed.
> I think there's a market for it.
>:)
>
> sim
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