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Re:Eagle scout. Idealist. Drug trafficker? by midas007 on Sunday January 19, 2014 @03:17AM (#7083830)
So a friend that worked at DIA says .gov and .mil gear often contains acid in glass surrounding drives and circuits. (Thermite is just in the movies.)

What a security-conscious user really needs is laptop storage that can be quickly destroyed. An SSD would be the easiest to destroy with a strong acid or base (fuming nitric acid will just decap the epoxy). Perhaps someone here knows which would work best.

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Re:Eagle scout. Idealist. Drug trafficker? by Intermernet on Sunday January 19, 2014 @04:23AM (#7083937)
".gov and .mil gear often contains acid in glass surrounding drives and circuits."

Couldn't you just turn the circuit upside down and use a diamond tip drill (Dremel would do) to drain the acid?

I think sticking with full disk encryption would be a more reliable choice.

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Re:Eagle scout. Idealist. Drug trafficker? by beagle3 on Sunday January 19, 2014 @09:22AM (#7084455)
> Couldn't you just turn the circuit upside down

"surround" in my dictionary means all directions.

Didn't even Dell sell servers with a small amount of explosives so that the disk and memory go boom on unauthorized open? (amount comparable to the amount in in airbag -- yes, your airbag has explosives) At least one of the brand names did, as I recall.

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