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Fireworks do an almost as solid job with a mechanical trigger; though you do risk hurting someone (and the legal consequences therein). We had a machine a whil
by ErrantX 17y ago
Fireworks do an almost as solid job with a mechanical trigger; though you do risk hurting someone (and the legal consequences therein).
We had a machine a while back with a Firework strapped to the underside of the HDD and something like a lighter mechanism attached to the case side (it was a dell). Must have been hell to put together safely but when pulled apart the firework lit and went off. Fortunately it dropped off the HDD before exploding properly so the drive was only partially damaged (the platters were ok).
With a bit more of a solid construction it might have been successful.
A low tech solution anyway :)
- aarongough 17y agoHaha, I'm amazed that anyone has actually encountered a machine rigged this way in reality! Your website says you work as a forensic analyst which I guess at least partly explains your run-in with a booby-trapped computer. Have any other stories about crazy data protection schemes that you can share?
- ErrantX 17y agoNot really (sadly). You do find crazy stuff inside computers; various drug caches, underwear etc. Infrequently though.
- aarongough 17y agoWell from your perspective it's probably not too bad a thing that people aren't booby-trapping their machines with novel explosive devices... But life would definitely be more novel if they were! Underwear? Seriously? "It helps with airflow! Duh!"