According to Tom’s Hardware, users can detonate the USB stick by pressing a button on the end of the device. At that time, the fuse will be activated to burn the circuit board and destroy the NAND memory chip inside at the critical moment, completely harmless to the person pressing the button.
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The idea of a self-destructing USB sounds like an action movie |
Technodynamika confirms that the USB shell is still intact after self-destructing to ensure the safety of the owner. However, the company hasn’t explained how it will prevent accidental triggering of the self-destruct button.
Igor Nasenkov – CEO of Technodynamika said: “We have created a device capable of protecting information from unauthorized access, experts have proven impossible to recover deleted data. In the future, we will test the safety of the device under long-term storage, mechanical impact and climatic factors. We will also work on many different designs for the device case.”
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Technodynamika asserts that data after deletion cannot be recovered |
Tom’s Hardware considers Technodynamika’s extreme data destruction approach unnecessary, as many modern drives can encrypt data with AES-256 keys. Unless the bad guy has a quantum computer, there’s no way to crack a 256-bit key in no time.
The self-destructing USB only exists as a prototype, not yet officially sold. Once the product is complete, Technodynamika will customize the performance and capacity of the USB according to the customer’s request.
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