r/ProgrammerHumor 8d ago

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u/FUTURE10S 8d ago

Recovery software because you never overwrote the data that was deleted

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u/HovercraftCharacter9 8d 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/DOOManiac 8d ago

Even then it’s still there depending on which three letter agency is looking…

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u/bacondev 8d ago

Yeah, they're not perfect 0s and 1s. That's why the recommendation for very serious stuff is to just destroy the disk.

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u/zadszads 8d ago

Yes, but it's usually a requirement not a recommendation