I just wasted 5 minutes trying to find a link to post here. It was an article where two hackers decided to actually try out all the various hard disk destruction methods people postulate, with a view to making a remote self-destruct mechanism. They posted lots of photos of different things they tried, and an amusing write up of their escapades: they burned them with fire, attacked them with acid, masonry drills, other chemicals, almost maiming themselves and annihilating their garage a couple of times. If anyone could dregde up the URL for me I'd be most appreciative.
The article is likely about the talk "And That's How I Lost My Eye: Exploring Emergency Data Destruction" at DEFCON 19 [1]. A blog post [2] gives a quick overview, and the 50 minute talk [3] is very entertaining. There's no whitepaper, and I couldn't quickly find a more detailed article.
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I just wasted 5 minutes trying to find a link to post here. It was an article where two hackers decided to actually try out all the various hard disk destruction methods people postulate, with a view to making a remote self-destruct mechanism. They posted lots of photos of different things they tried, and an amusing write up of their escapades: they burned them with fire, attacked them with acid, masonry drills, other chemicals, almost maiming themselves and annihilating their garage a couple of times. If anyone could dregde up the URL for me I'd be most appreciative.
The article is likely about the talk "And That's How I Lost My Eye: Exploring Emergency Data Destruction" at DEFCON 19 [1]. A blog post [2] gives a quick overview, and the 50 minute talk [3] is very entertaining. There's no whitepaper, and I couldn't quickly find a more detailed article.
[1] https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-archives/dc-19-archive....
[2] http://www.sportsfirings.com/?p=4959
[3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXbq0BFzQQg
Thanks muchly. I think it was probably the video that I saw.
EDIT: yep, it was. You should all watch it, it is most diverting.
I'd be interested to see that link!
Perhaps it's this? DEFCON 19: And That's How I Lost My Eye: Exploring Emergency Data Destruction
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXbq0BFzQQg)