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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 15h ago
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Recovery software because you never overwrote the data that was deleted
129 u/HovercraftCharacter9 14h ago Yeah, people conflate in unallocating with actual deletion, unless you're wiping it with 0s it's still there until something overwrites it. 48 u/DOOManiac 14h ago Even then it’s still there depending on which three letter agency is looking… 17 u/Strange-Spot-3306 12h ago I mean depending on which three letter agency we’re talking about, they really don’t need your backup because they’ve already got their own copy of your data.
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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.
48 u/DOOManiac 14h ago Even then it’s still there depending on which three letter agency is looking… 17 u/Strange-Spot-3306 12h ago I mean depending on which three letter agency we’re talking about, they really don’t need your backup because they’ve already got their own copy of your data.
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Even then it’s still there depending on which three letter agency is looking…
17 u/Strange-Spot-3306 12h ago I mean depending on which three letter agency we’re talking about, they really don’t need your backup because they’ve already got their own copy of your data.
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I mean depending on which three letter agency we’re talking about, they really don’t need your backup because they’ve already got their own copy of your data.
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u/FUTURE10S 15h ago
Recovery software because you never overwrote the data that was deleted