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I thought this article was interesting because the author talked about how encryption can be used to "delete" data from distributed systems instantly, by just r

I thought this article was interesting because the author talked about how encryption can be used to "delete" data from distributed systems instantly, by just removing the key. Not really a new idea, I don't think, but not one that gets surfaced much when people talk about client-side crypto.

mnem 11y ago
Mobile operating systems often use that as a quick and solid-state-storage friendly way to clear devices.
- bmm6o 11y ago
  And also for "deleting" an entire class of data from all of your backup media.