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Erase the data on your HDD with Thermite!

Thermite-burnt hard disk drive - all data are gone now!
Lets say in an emergency you want the quickest method to completely destroy the data on your hard drive, without letting them to fall into the hands of your rivals or those who’re going after you. Thermite is the solution which gets your hard drive burnt into a glowing mess as shown in the picture.

We have a video guide here on how to use Thermite. Thermite is actually a super-high temperature chemical mix used in works that deal with super hot burning such as welding, fireworks, and generalized military destruction.

You just need a kilogram of the Thermite to turn everything in your PC including the case, hard drive, platters and all into a pools of melted metals.

Thermite is a mixture of iron oxide and aluminum which can reach an iron-melting temperature in just seconds. It sounds pretty dangerous to use if you don’t handle with care, which is likely to burn your entire room into a glowing mess too.

via [gizmodo]

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