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According to android documentation the FBE system has two different levels. Credential Encrypted (CE) storage and Device Encrypted (DE) storage.
Does a factory reset of an FBE phone reset the keys of both storages?
If I run a full disk en… Continue reading Android FBE securely wipe all data
Recently, I was subject to being hacked. I tried to wipe Windows and delete the old Windows files after re-installing, but I feel a rootkit was installed and hidden from Norton scans. I randomly received a Google sign-in attempt from my PC… Continue reading What steps should I take to format my SSD to ensure that malware is removed? [migrated]
If you’ve watched the news, you know that Secret Service text messages were deleted. Now they’re trying to recover them.
If those text messages were encrypted before deletion, and the key was also intentionally deleted, are those text mess… Continue reading Can encrypted and deleted files be recovered?
So I had linux mint with fde, had sensitive files on it, shut down my pc, and reinstalled a new linux mint OS with fde. What are the chances of data recovery from the first OS?
Continue reading Full disk encryption and data recovery capabilities [duplicate]
We have a lot of devices in my company that we use to test and after some years some of them become unsupported.
We are thinking about selling some of the ones that are not used any more but worry that there might be recoverable leftovers … Continue reading Safest way to wipe sensitive information off company phone before giving it away [duplicate]
If deleting files just removes the references then why not just delete the actual files instead of just removing the references?
Just removing the references leaves the file intact until it is overwritten, but deleting the whole file is be… Continue reading How file deletion works?
My partner has a message on his Apple Watch but denying it came from him. I searched his iPhone and couldn’t find the original message. Could this message have came from his Apple Watch only or would it still show up on his phone? If he… Continue reading Deleted Message history on my iPhone is still on Apple Watch [migrated]
Or I open a video using vlc media player, and later delete it securely. Does vlc "retain" some of the parts of that video even after deletion?
I’m trying to make an app that can encrypt files and decrypt them on demand(for educational purposes)
I need a way to:
delete the file from where it was before
delete the file each time the app decrypts it and the user is done using the f… Continue reading How do I delete files securely?
Googleing or just casually browsing this very site one could easily encounter scary stories about malware that gets into firmware of external drives or infects the BIOS.
If someone uses a few years old motherboard that still has BIOS suppo… Continue reading How secure is BIOS nvme sanitization/secure erase