miskiPhone owners say the latest iOS update is resurfacing deleted nudes
mojo_raisinNothing sinister, we just don’t delete what we say we delete. Instead we keep it in your profile to feed the algorithms and set the “deleted” flag to make you think it’s gone.
Simon MüllerI mean, to be completely fair, that’s how data storage works.
We cannot really just make data disappear, so we let it get overwritten instead
ForesterProper deletion should include writing all 1s or all zeroes to the block but y’all be lazy as fuck.
I’m not an expert, but wouldn’t proper deletion be writing random ones and zeroes to the block?
I don’t think it’s been shown to make a difference.
It certainly feels more deleted…
It was sort of true in the past, but not anymore. I think writing random data once is probably fine, even for most state level actors.
Why is writing zeros (or random data) over a hard drive multiple times better than just doing it once?
Lots of different programs, such as Darik's Boot and Nuke, let you write over a hard drive multiple times under the guise of it being more secure than just doing it once. Why?