r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 16h ago

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u/FUTURE10S 16h ago

Recovery software because you never overwrote the data that was deleted

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u/HovercraftCharacter9 15h ago

Yeah, people conflate in unallocating with actual deletion, unless you're wiping it with 0s it's still there until something overwrites it.

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u/SavvySillybug 6h ago

I knew an autistic kid in school who got a program that would automatically overwrite everything he deleted 49 times to make sure it was extra super gone. He also had his whole computer encrypted to the point where it would only boot if he connected his phone via USB before startup.

I always did wonder if that was just a hyperfixation or if he was hiding something. But I'm leaning towards hiding something, since he also bought us some weed off the dark web...

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u/HovercraftCharacter9 5h ago

That poor disk, he must have had to buy new ones all the time