This is a USB key that can be destroyed by pressing a button

USB sticks are slowly but surely being replaced by faster alternatives, such as external SSDs. However, they still have their charm today, mainly due to low prices and higher capacities, and these are devices with very small dimensions. However, a USB key is not a USB key. This from Rostec is able to devalue if necessary. The article was published on Rostec.ru. In Slovakia, the DSL.sk web portal was the first to inform about this novelty.

A USB key with the ability to degrade memory sounds interesting

If you hold personal belongings on a USB key that should only belong to you and no one should have access to them, it is good to know that there is a USB key whose contents can be destroyed at the touch of a button. There is an electronic device in its bowels that will degrade the key storage. This is an irreversible activity that “hard” erases the entire contents of the memory and makes it virtually impossible to use it again.

The button is located at the end of this widget. It activates the electronic detonator, which has its own energy source. Sending energy will burn the memory unit. This is not extremely complicated. For the safety of the user, it is good to know that the damage only occurs under the cover of the USB key. Its construction remains undamaged and, of course, no one is in danger of injury.

In today’s digital world, security and privacy need to be emphasized. Therefore, many people make sure that no unauthorized person can access their personal data. This problem can also be solved radically. So what about the important data that was stored in the already destroyed flash memory? Well, the owner of such a device must adhere to the old well-known rule of informatics “back up, back up, back up!”