CPC G06F 3/0652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/14 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 9/0825 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A memory sub-system comprising:
a clock to provide a clock signal;
a memory device; and
a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a host system, a command to arm the memory device for self-destruction;
in response to the command, commencing a self-destruction countdown timer, the commencing of the self-destruction countdown timer comprising using the clock signal provided by the clock to track a total elapsed time since receiving the command;
detecting expiry of the self-destruction countdown timer; and
based on detecting the expiry of the self-destruction countdown timer, destructing data stored by the memory device.
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