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The difference between secure empty and just empty trash?
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<blockquote data-quote="Joe Redifer" data-source="post: 479801" data-attributes="member: 36328"><p>What if the final overwrite, the 32nd time, has a 1 and 0 pattern that matched what my files were? It <em>could</em> happen, so multiple overwrites are no more secure. What I'd like is a random 1 and 0 pattern that is exactly what OS 10.7 will be. I could have it years early!</p><p></p><p>Instead of a random pattern which is obviously a security risk no matter how many times you do it, why not just overwrite the space with all 0's? Or a specific pattern of 1's and 0's that is the same each time and means nothing? That way it would only need to overwrite once, ever, and there is no way possible that it could match any data ever created. I think I will charge Apple lots of money for this idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joe Redifer, post: 479801, member: 36328"] What if the final overwrite, the 32nd time, has a 1 and 0 pattern that matched what my files were? It [i]could[/i] happen, so multiple overwrites are no more secure. What I'd like is a random 1 and 0 pattern that is exactly what OS 10.7 will be. I could have it years early! Instead of a random pattern which is obviously a security risk no matter how many times you do it, why not just overwrite the space with all 0's? Or a specific pattern of 1's and 0's that is the same each time and means nothing? That way it would only need to overwrite once, ever, and there is no way possible that it could match any data ever created. I think I will charge Apple lots of money for this idea. [/QUOTE]
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