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I would think that feature is an added benefit and nothing should be done about it except ensure TRIM is enabled and active. We should not be running our privat
by warmfuzzykitten 12y ago
I would think that feature is an added benefit and nothing should be done about it except ensure TRIM is enabled and active. We should not be running our private lives with a goal of assisting lawsuits and prosecution, particularly actions against ourselves.
- anigbrowl 12y agoMany businesses and professional individuals operate under a legal requirement to keep records that can't be satisfied if they are too reliant on SSD storage. Also, deleting information after the commencement of legal proceedings can be a criminal offense.
- wmf 12y agoUndeleting data was never guaranteed on hard disks or SSDs and thus doesn't satisfy data retention requirements anyway. RAID isn't backup and forensic tools aren't archives.
- fleitz 12y agoEvidence is evidence, it both exonerates and convicts.
- Sanddancer 12y agoSpoliation of evidence is one of those things that courts really, really dislike. If you're found to have intentionally destroyed evidence, the court can give instructions to the jury essentially saying to assume any destroyed evidence was showing guilt.
- Spooky23 12y agoIf you have a routine practice of erasing things, you're fine. It's not an issue to erase your hard disks, or shred your paper documents. But it is problematic when you do so when there is a reasonable expectation if litigation.