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What does the ISO standard for deletion require when deleting personal data ?
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A database SQL stores email as key , password with salt and an encryption key leading to more data in a file number . Considering factors lik… Continue reading What is the ISO standard for deletion? [closed]
So I created a veracrypt file hosted volume/container and had a hidden volume inside to try it out(totalling 1GB). After a day or two, I permanently deleted the container file (after dismounting it) but i lost the equivalent amount of spac… Continue reading I lost 1GB of storage in C drive after deleting a veracrypt volume. How can i recover this lost disk space? [migrated]
How long does google keep information on deleted gmail accounts?
I have come across a file eraser called Eraser, and I have two questions about it:
Are file erasers sufficient for completely removing secure files/folders on a computer (meaning is it possible, in any way, for the data to be recovered).
… Continue reading Is Eraser secure and efficient?
Can File Shredder be used to purge specifically Temporary Internet Files rather than the whole disk?
Is there any option to just shred the Temporary Internet Files, and nothing else?
Is this a good way to make cache unrecoverable (read: ha… Continue reading Can File Shredder shred just one file? [closed]
I have two SSDs in my laptop. one is SATA 500GB and the other is M.2 SATA 250 GB. I used the following steps for both to securly erase them so that I can sell the laptop:
unfreeze the drives:
sudo systemctl suspend
Set a User Password: h… Continue reading ATA Secure Erase is too fast
I’m planning to donate a laptop to a school, for kids to use from home during the pandemic.
It’s my previous work/development laptop, so I want to erase the drives as securely as possible
(within reason, I’m not exactly expecting a state s… Continue reading Erasing hard drives (HDD & SSD) for donation
Whenever I read something like "ISPs store your data" or "ISPs delete your data after 6 months" or anything like that, I imagine data to be the following things:
(1) At what time I accessed the Internet, got what IP add… Continue reading What information do ISPs delete after retention period?
I tried to restore my hidden files on my android phone. I had less than 20% available space while the hidden files size was more than 30%. It gave me a warning of out of space memory. A box appeared where I quickly clicked the cancel butto… Continue reading Does my hidden files (in android phone) get deleted if there is no enough space to restore them? [migrated]
My system drive on my dekstop is a Sandisk SSD, with default encryption through Bitlocker not enabled. My PC doesn’t have a TPM.
I want to completely wipe the SSD data in order to make it unrecoverable. I’ve read that the best way to achie… Continue reading Can I completely wipe an SSD using encryption?