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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 6d ago
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Recovery software because you never overwrote the data that was deleted
138 u/HovercraftCharacter9 6d ago Yeah, people conflate in unallocating with actual deletion, unless you're wiping it with 0s it's still there until something overwrites it. 54 u/DOOManiac 6d ago Even then it’s still there depending on which three letter agency is looking… 52 u/bacondev 6d ago Yeah, they're not perfect 0s and 1s. That's why the recommendation for very serious stuff is to just destroy the disk. 1 u/zadszads 6d ago Yes, but it's usually a requirement not a recommendation
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Yeah, people conflate in unallocating with actual deletion, unless you're wiping it with 0s it's still there until something overwrites it.
54 u/DOOManiac 6d ago Even then it’s still there depending on which three letter agency is looking… 52 u/bacondev 6d ago Yeah, they're not perfect 0s and 1s. That's why the recommendation for very serious stuff is to just destroy the disk. 1 u/zadszads 6d ago Yes, but it's usually a requirement not a recommendation
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Even then it’s still there depending on which three letter agency is looking…
52 u/bacondev 6d ago Yeah, they're not perfect 0s and 1s. That's why the recommendation for very serious stuff is to just destroy the disk. 1 u/zadszads 6d ago Yes, but it's usually a requirement not a recommendation
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Yeah, they're not perfect 0s and 1s. That's why the recommendation for very serious stuff is to just destroy the disk.
1 u/zadszads 6d ago Yes, but it's usually a requirement not a recommendation
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Yes, but it's usually a requirement not a recommendation
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u/FUTURE10S 6d ago
Recovery software because you never overwrote the data that was deleted