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As others have noted: Cryptonomicon.

...but that basic idea did give me another one: electromagnets on a separate circuit inside the drive enclosure or laptop body.

Fail to pass a security check on schedule and the circuit is engaged, destroying the HDD.

I'm no hardware wizz although I did make a motor out of a nail and copper wire once.



Well, you could just use a solenoid to actuate and make lots of metal contacts. Or you could use some sort of iron filing injection system that litters iron everyone in the computer.

The problem then is false positives. Only 1 mistake and kablooie.




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