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Apple has a patent on this.[1] [1] http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&
by law 14y ago
Apple has a patent on this.[1]
[1] http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8205265.PN.&OS=PN/8205265&RS=PN/8205265 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sec...
- jayfuerstenberg 14y agoI wonder if the wiping techniques used to securely erase data from government HDDs would count as prior art here.