
If said person is wired to kill themselves involuntarily before they divulge important data, it's Involuntary Suicide Mechanism instead. When this technique is used by a person to kill themselves to avoid torture/giving up secrets, that's Cyanide Pill. See also Booby Trap, whose intent is to destroy the thief rather than the loot. However, it can also be found used with unique items that would be dangerous in the wrong hands, under the logic that it's better for no-one to have it than the wrong people.Ĭompare Self-Destruct Mechanism, which is typically deliberately triggered by the owner of vehicles, buildings, and bases, and This Page Will Self-Destruct where messages self-destruct on a timer to avoid falling into the wrong hands, rather than being triggered by an attempted theft. This is typically used to protect information rather than unique objects, as it's easier to have a backup copy so that the loss of any single copy doesn't mean it's lost forever. The technique also has the advantage of not requiring any staff to check on the security regularly, and so is good for security that will be unattended for long periods. So long as it's more important that the contents stay out of the wrong hands than in one piece, you can set up a failsafe that will destroy the contents before an attempted break-in can be completed. So long as the thieves were somehow able to secure themselves sufficient time and privacy, however, there are ways of penetrating just about any physical security.īut while you can't make it impossible for thieves to get in, you can make it impossible to get anything out intact if they don't use the proper access method.

Security measures are designed with the intent of making any attempted break-in so time-consuming and recognizable that the thieves will be apprehended before they can succeed.

Even a meter thick titanium box could be cut through eventually. It is a fact that no safe can ever be impregnable.
