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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Trash, Delete, Shred
From:       Neil Stevens <neil () qualityassistant ! com>
Date:       2003-06-28 23:50:54
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On Saturday June 28, 2003 04:49, John Firebaugh wrote:
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> > On Saturday June 28, 2003 04:05, David Hugh-Jones wrote:
> >> On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 15:15, Jan Schumacher wrote:
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> >>> I understand that large menus might be cumbersome, but I personally
> >>> was confused, when the shred action was removed from the context
> >>> menu. I thought it had been removed from konqueror and only found
> >>> its shortcut by accident.
> >>
> >> well, it sounds as if this action can't really do what it claims.
> >> (does someone want to elaborate on this?) if so, then maybe we should
> >> really remove it completely.
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> > It is possible that an OS could be made to support such a feature. 
> > Instead of removing it completely, make it a configure-time option.
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> Due to inherent physical properties of magnetic drives, truly secure
> deletion cannot be accomplished in software.
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> http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/sec96/full_papers
>/gut mann/

Not everyone necessarily uses magnetic drives for storage, though.

And how "truly secure" it is depends on who your adversary is.

- -- 
Neil Stevens - neil@qualityassistant.com

"I'll believe it when I see it." -- George Walker Bush
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