How is the "secure empty trash" option on Mac OS X any more secure than emptying it normally?
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On Mac OS X there is an option for securely emptying the trash. How is this any more secure than emptying the trash the normal way? Does it overwrite the old data instead of just erasing it?
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Deleting a file (emptying the trash normally) does not erase the blocks on the disk where that file's contents were stored. It just modifies the directory data structure so that that file's name and location on disk is no longer recorded the directo…
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