Pc Protection With Hidden Switch
This video shows how you can protect your pc with an invisible switch which will cost less than a few dollars. You'll be the only one capable of turning it on. It can be ... More»used on any electronicsl device that has an on off button.
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Something about waving a magnet around the HDD's doesn't sound right.
A magnet of that size does no harm to the hard drive.
That wonderful Dutch accent :P
the hard drive has a much larger magnet inside it. And in the video the magnet is weak and the hard drive several inches away.
I couldn't understand the name of the switch. Was it a read or reed switch?
@Derek:
It's a reed switch as it uses small metal reeds that are pulled together in a magnetic field.
It's not true that a magnetic field won't penetrate metal. There is no material known that will stop a magnetic field.
Other then that the video is a great idea.
Does anyone have anymore info on this reed switch, All I can find is the big ones that are used for alarms.
Actually, on the Discovery Channel the other day, they tested magnets on a portable computer and only an electro-magnet (one of the ones used in junkyards) damaged the HHD. It's very well protected. It took 20 seconds to become damaged.
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To clear it up. What was trying to be said it a magnet (unless strong enough to pick up a couple tons, as stated above) can harm you HHD because of the magnetic field inside. That is just a paranoid rumor that has been spread.
typo *HDD*
What if they simply reconnect the cut wires?
Seems neat though for protecting against someone who doesn't know about it.
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