ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,458, issued on July 1.
"Secure portable data apparatus" was invented by Ivy Wong (Sammish, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments, a system and method are provided to prevent data on a data device from being compromised. The method comprises receive a password associated with an emergency situation. In response to the received password, destroying original data files in one or more of the plurality of partitions based on the received password."
The patent was filed on Nov. 22, 2021, under Application No. 17/532,359.
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