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Files may be securely deleted using File Shredder. File Shredder is a free desktop application available on Windows for shredding (destroying) unwanted files beyond recovery. On Mac computers, files may be securely deleted using a feature built into the operating system. |
Why should you securely delete/shred information?
There are many software tools today for the retrieval of deleted files. Those tools, often referred to as "file recovery" software, are taking advantage of shortcoming in the "delete" command that we all use regularly to delete files. Actually, the "delete" operation only removes bits of information from files so they appear deleted in OS. It is can be easy to retrieve those files using aforementioned specialized file recovery software. In order to remove, or shred files permanently from your system you have to use a program that is capable of rewriting the files with random series of binary data multiple times. This process is often called shredding. That wayUsing this method, the actual content of data in the file has been overwritten and the possibilities to recover such a shredded file are mostly theoreticalwill be overwritten.
What should be shredded?
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