SanDisk introduces write-once WORM SD cards

SanDisk has been toying with this for eons, but it seems the pieces finally fell in place for the firm to kick out its very first write-once memory card. The cleverly titled WORM (Write Once Read Many) SD card will predictably be aimed at industries where unalterable content is vital, such as police investigations, court testimony, electronic voting, etc. According to SanDisk, there is "no physical way to alter or delete individual recorded files," but we'd wager that hackers at large would have a thing or two to say about that. Nevertheless, said units tout a 100-year archive life when kept under appropriate storage conditions, and while a 128MB iteration is the only one available now (more capacious versions are forthcoming), you'll have to "inquire" to see just how inflated the pricing is.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 15th 2008 3:31PM]

Anything that is made by man, can be broken by man. So in theory, this isn't an end-all security fix, rather a way to keep the average joe ofice worker from corrupting data.

[Michael Scrip Posted Jul 15th 2008 5:38PM]

Have they figured out how to erase and re-write a CD-R?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 15th 2008 5:48PM]

CD-R was made by man, but once written there is absolutely no way to modify.

[Kris91 Posted Jul 15th 2008 5:47PM]

Regular SD card plus TrueCrypt anyone?

[azononi Posted Jul 15th 2008 6:53PM]

this could be just the thing the RIAA has been looking for.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 16th 2008 10:10AM]

Can we get rid of optical media now? SDHC versions of this in the future are gonna kill digital disks. If the storage space becomes adequate.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 15th 2008 11:42PM]

I'll buy one ONLY if it's high-speed (60x or, much better, 150x) AND if it's 2 GB.

[Humzanity Posted Jul 16th 2008 1:10AM]

What, pray tell, do you plan on using it for?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2008 4:18PM]

according to your title, this is a Write-Once Write Once Read Many SD card.... failed acronyms has someone? :P

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 16th 2008 7:58PM]

Maybe Sandisk will put a USB port on these, like they have on their SD Plus range of cards.

If so, this would be great for sending information out to clients.
For example catalogues and the like.

The problem with regular flash drives is that the temptation to erase them and use them for something else is too great.
Then the client no longer has your stuff on hand.