IronKey Unveils Self-Destructing USB Flash Drive

fysdt writes to share that IronKey has released a USB flash drive with self-destruct capability. Specializing in "secure flash drives," IronKey has launched the S200 aimed at government and enterprise customers, "featuring hardened physical security, the latest Cryptochip technology, active anti-malware and enhanced management capabilities. It's the 'first and only USB storage device to achieve FIPS 140-2, Level 3 validation' and delivers advanced Cryptochip featuring AES-256, tamper-resistance and self-destruction circuitry."

Rip-off

[Anonymous Coward]

why would i pay $199 for that when i could buy a cheap USB drive and a hammer to break it with for less than $10?

Re:Encryption is just as good as self destruction

[ocularDeathRay]

didn't you just read the slashdot front page news that they can hack your brain now? god... pay attention. This is an anti brain hacking device.

Re:Encryption is just as good as self destruction

[Cyberax]

Encryption can easily be beaten by thermorectal cryptoanalysis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis).

Re:Nerdgasm

[TooMuchToDo]

Is that where my USB key is embedded in a stick of dynamite for quick data wiping?

Re:Rip-off

[Starteck81]

I believe the self-destruct is triggered by unauthorized attempts to access. While your way is cheaper I suspect that rubber banding your usb drive to a hammer with a note that says "In case of theft please smash drive" is somewhat less effective due the lack of ethics most thieves posses.

Smoke

[wjousts]

This better emit a puff of smoke when it self-destructs or I'm not buying it. It doesn't matter if the smoke is only for show.

You're on to something!

[SCPaPaJoe]

I vote for the floppies. How about 5.25" 360k. 3 to 9 thousand of them!
How many people can read those nowadays?

Re:Where's the market?

[Abreu]

How would you transport a few gigabytes to a new location?
FTP?
External HD.
DVD?
And very large number of floppies?
I take my source code home with me on a USB drive. I currently encrypt it but I could see this being even better.

I am partial to the classic solution: Microfilm in a hollow tooth

Mission Impossible

[Neanderthal Ninny]

The new version of the Mission Impossible self-destructing tape player.
However, how many spoofs has been made to this "self-destruction" capability so I wonder what if your USB key self-destructs accidentally in your pants pocket will it fry your gonads.

Re:Rip-off

[Chabo]

Here's my idea:

Sell a USB drive that's approximately 2 feet by 2 feet by 4 feet in size. The drive will consist of a radiation-shielded box. Inside, there's a flask filled with poison, and a hammer connected to a Geiger counter. There's also a cat with a heart monitor. If the flask breaks and the cat dies, then the drive will self-destruct.

Would you be willing to buy my product?

Re:This is nothing new.

[Joe U]

I've been administering and deploying "self-destructing" USB drives for several years!

After about a year, the drive stops working and all the data is gone. It's always the one the boss was using and it's always some important file that he didn't have a copy of somewhere else, so it is very consistant in that one regard.