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Re:Amazon Echo Dot does not wipe personal content after fact... by emsy on Saturday July 24, 2021 @08:43PM (#27945634)
Overwriting flash with 0s. To be fair I think the iPhone should grant you that option (MacOs does). But to suggesting that leaving an encrypted block of data on the device is on the same level as leaving unencrypted blocks of data lying around is foolish.
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Re:Amazon Echo Dot does not wipe personal content after fact... by Retric on Saturday July 24, 2021 @09:58PM (#27946010)
Overwriting flash data isn’t going to give you access to the data. It might in theory be more secure, but I would favor encryption at rest rather than simply overwriting plain text.
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