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The difference between secure empty and just empty trash?
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<blockquote data-quote="baggss" data-source="post: 469534" data-attributes="member: 6762"><p>Just to expand on this, it overwrites the files 8 times with 1 & 0. This particular number comes from an older US Department of Defense security specification, that has since changed (it now requires 32 times btw). The point behind this is that the data would be irretrievable by any means.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baggss, post: 469534, member: 6762"] Just to expand on this, it overwrites the files 8 times with 1 & 0. This particular number comes from an older US Department of Defense security specification, that has since changed (it now requires 32 times btw). The point behind this is that the data would be irretrievable by any means. [/QUOTE]
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