On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Matthew Black <matthew.bl...@csulb.edu>wrote:
> Seriously? When files are deleted, their sectors are simply released to > the free space pool without erasing their contents. Allocation of disk > sectors without clearing them gives users/programs access to file contents > previously stored by other users/programs. > No worthwhile filesystem will allow you to read a block of disk that you haven't already written to. Once you've written to it, any existing data that was there is overwritten. The same isn't true for block-level access, but as a rule that requires admin access, and once you have that all bets are off... Scott
