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Dead on demand disk technology

  • US 20040252628A1
  • Filed: 03/18/2004
  • Published: 12/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for rendering data stored on a data storage device unrecoverable upon the occurrence of a certain event, the system comprising:

  • a reactant reservoir including at least one chamber for holding a reactant chemical, the reactant reservoir in fluid communication with at least an area proximate at least one surface of said data storage device; and

    an activation device, coupled to said reactant reservoir and responsive to at least one event, for causing at least a portion of the reactant chemical to flow from the reactant reservoir into the at least an area proximate at least one surface of said data storage device, thereby destroying the stored data.

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