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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Trash, Delete, Shred
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-06-28 16:11:15
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On Saturday 28 June 2003 16:38, Jan Schumacher wrote:
> > > Overall, I must say I am against it. My suggestion: get rid of "Shred."
> > > It's a broken concept and very few people understand what it means. And
> > > those will probably understand it doesn't give you any reassurances.
> > > It's a bad idea.
>
> Why is shred so bad? It depends on the filesystem I guess, but in many
> circumstances it should work, shouldn't it?

It's bad because you can't rely on it and you have no way of knowing whether 
it worked.

Cheers,
Waldo
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