Re:DigitalOcean not destroying droplets securely, data is co...
by Fuxy on Monday March 31, 2014 @05:27AM
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I see where your coming from a lot of people don't seem to understand the meaning of permanently and irrecoverably deleted.
My suggestion is to remove the secure delete flag/option there's little reason not to securely delete things and make the default behavior on both websites and the API as delete with 24h-48h backups.
However add a flag/option that does permanently and irrecoverably delete the droplet without making any backups.
This flag/option should require active input from the user so there are no excuses or misunderstandings once checked it's gone for good.
My suggestion is to remove the secure delete flag/option there's little reason not to securely delete things and make the default behavior on both websites and the API as delete with 24h-48h backups.
However add a flag/option that does permanently and irrecoverably delete the droplet without making any backups.
This flag/option should require active input from the user so there are no excuses or misunderstandings once checked it's gone for good.