Thread: shred didn't shred
system 64bit 12.04 ubuntu. used shred rid of several files, after ran photorec see how shredding fared. surprise, photorec recovered quite few of files presumed shredded. more may have been recoverable, stopped process midstream. used following command: "shred -u -z -n15 [file name]", thought overkill, went anyway. ideas why files persist?
shred not useful on modern journaled file systems. encrypt data,then when need delete it, hit upside head brick forget password.
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