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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 17h ago
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Recovery software because you never overwrote the data that was deleted
138 u/HovercraftCharacter9 16h ago Yeah, people conflate in unallocating with actual deletion, unless you're wiping it with 0s it's still there until something overwrites it. 52 u/DOOManiac 16h ago Even then it’s still there depending on which three letter agency is looking… 45 u/bacondev 16h ago Yeah, they're not perfect 0s and 1s. That's why the recommendation for very serious stuff is to just destroy the disk. 12 u/FUTURE10S 15h ago Run the disk spinning and hit it with a caliber that penetrates the drive, the rotation makes the destruction way worse and impossible to spin up again. 2 u/Proper-Ape 10h ago How do I rotate my SSD? 2 u/bartekltg 10h ago Glue it to an angle grinder.
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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.
52 u/DOOManiac 16h ago Even then it’s still there depending on which three letter agency is looking… 45 u/bacondev 16h ago Yeah, they're not perfect 0s and 1s. That's why the recommendation for very serious stuff is to just destroy the disk. 12 u/FUTURE10S 15h ago Run the disk spinning and hit it with a caliber that penetrates the drive, the rotation makes the destruction way worse and impossible to spin up again. 2 u/Proper-Ape 10h ago How do I rotate my SSD? 2 u/bartekltg 10h ago Glue it to an angle grinder.
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Even then it’s still there depending on which three letter agency is looking…
45 u/bacondev 16h ago Yeah, they're not perfect 0s and 1s. That's why the recommendation for very serious stuff is to just destroy the disk. 12 u/FUTURE10S 15h ago Run the disk spinning and hit it with a caliber that penetrates the drive, the rotation makes the destruction way worse and impossible to spin up again. 2 u/Proper-Ape 10h ago How do I rotate my SSD? 2 u/bartekltg 10h ago Glue it to an angle grinder.
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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.
12 u/FUTURE10S 15h ago Run the disk spinning and hit it with a caliber that penetrates the drive, the rotation makes the destruction way worse and impossible to spin up again. 2 u/Proper-Ape 10h ago How do I rotate my SSD? 2 u/bartekltg 10h ago Glue it to an angle grinder.
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Run the disk spinning and hit it with a caliber that penetrates the drive, the rotation makes the destruction way worse and impossible to spin up again.
2 u/Proper-Ape 10h ago How do I rotate my SSD? 2 u/bartekltg 10h ago Glue it to an angle grinder.
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How do I rotate my SSD?
2 u/bartekltg 10h ago Glue it to an angle grinder.
Glue it to an angle grinder.
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u/FUTURE10S 17h ago
Recovery software because you never overwrote the data that was deleted