Ultra-secure hard drive ‘shatters on demand’

There are a fair few secure hard drives and thumb drives which allow you to remotely wipe them – but a new gadget from British drive maker Secure Drives forges off into Mission Impossible territory with a genuine, physical ‘self-destruct’ command which can be triggered from anywhere on Earth,The Verge reports.

When you text it a pre-determined ‘kill command’ (a phrase of your choosing, which can be sent from any phone), the built-in GSM aerial receives the text, and physically destroys the hard drive IGNreports.

Ultra-secure hard drive ‘shatters on demand’