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I do know how to turn off Spotlight, but thank you. My broader point is that it is becoming impossible to truly delete a file or maintain separation between di
by alister 14y ago
I do know how to turn off Spotlight, but thank you.
My broader point is that it is becoming impossible to truly delete a file or maintain separation between different parts of your data unless you are very technical and meticulous.
How many other features are there in OS X like Spotlight or Versions that we need to be aware of?
The OS should be designed so that we don't need to be constantly on guard for these privacy gotchas.
- ZoFreX 14y agoI would argue that disabling Spotlight indexing for a particular folder isn't that technical, the UI for it is very simple. Of course, realising that you should do this perhaps requires a more technical mind! Overall though the point remains (swap, SSDs, etc), and is quite scary.
- earl 14y agoI misunderstood. In that case, yes, I totally agree. I'd suggest whole disk encryption but users will hate it, since if they forget their password the data is really gone. For reals.