April 13, 201115 yr http://www.tested.com/news/new-toshiba-hdd-auto-erases-when-connected-to-foreign-rigs/2171/ Can you say Scary? The Self-Encrypting Drive models, or SEDs, provide targeted encryption and data invalidation. In other words, you can pick what sectors of the drive to erase on command or on a power cycle. The third option is the most interesting, though--if your HDD criminals plug their stolen goods into an unknown computer, they might just find the drive completely erased when they boot it up.
April 13, 201115 yr http://www.tested.com/news/new-toshiba-hdd-auto-erases-when-connected-to-foreign-rigs/2171/ Can you say Scary? The Self-Encrypting Drive models, or SEDs, provide targeted encryption and data invalidation. In other words, you can pick what sectors of the drive to erase on command or on a power cycle. The third option is the most interesting, though--if your HDD criminals plug their stolen goods into an unknown computer, they might just find the drive completely erased when they boot it up. especially when you innocently swap out the motherboard and then say oops...
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