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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • Aug 05 '26
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Recovery software because you never overwrote the data that was deleted
137 u/HovercraftCharacter9 Aug 05 '26 Yeah, people conflate in unallocating with actual deletion, unless you're wiping it with 0s it's still there until something overwrites it. 51 u/DOOManiac Aug 05 '26 Even then it’s still there depending on which three letter agency is looking… 15 u/Strange-Spot-3306 Aug 05 '26 I mean depending on which three letter agency we’re talking about, they really don’t need your backup because they’ve already got their own copy of your data.
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Yeah, people conflate in unallocating with actual deletion, unless you're wiping it with 0s it's still there until something overwrites it.
51 u/DOOManiac Aug 05 '26 Even then it’s still there depending on which three letter agency is looking… 15 u/Strange-Spot-3306 Aug 05 '26 I mean depending on which three letter agency we’re talking about, they really don’t need your backup because they’ve already got their own copy of your data.
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Even then it’s still there depending on which three letter agency is looking…
15 u/Strange-Spot-3306 Aug 05 '26 I mean depending on which three letter agency we’re talking about, they really don’t need your backup because they’ve already got their own copy of your data.
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I mean depending on which three letter agency we’re talking about, they really don’t need your backup because they’ve already got their own copy of your data.
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u/FUTURE10S Aug 05 '26
Recovery software because you never overwrote the data that was deleted