[NEWS] Tech firm brags about blocking FBI from recovering Clinton emails

[Lord Tony®]

this comes packaged with basically every email system, you move them to trash then you permanently delete them

Don't do any crimes lol.

Next you'll tell me deleting text messages will permanently delete them off the phone provider's service.

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[Lord Tony®]

She had a private email server so she went in directly I to the server's code to remove them.

Our emails are all in a "public" server and when you trash an email it can still be recovered from the public server.

[ChappersTeddy]

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dude obama sent her memes that's all jfc

[Foxscotch]

Our emails are all in a "public" server and when you trash an email it can still be recovered from the public server.

well, you don't know how email works at all, but ok sure tony

[Lord Tony®]

well, you don't know how email works at all, but ok sure tony

You do know that if you trash your emails they can be recovered, right?

It only takes a warrant.

[Foxscotch]

You do know that if you trash your emails they can be recovered, right?
It only takes a warrant.

have you ever used gmail, and seen that size limit on your inbox? you really think they just keep all your emails forever, regardless of size? that would sort of defeat the purpose of having a limit, huh?

[Zloff]

you got me this time tony. usually i can correctly guess if a thread is yours just by reading the title - and then ignore it completely - but the "NEWS" threw me off

[Lord Tony®]

have you ever used gmail, and seen that size limit on your inbox? you really think they just keep all your emails forever, regardless of size? that would sort of defeat the purpose of having a limit, huh?

When a computer file is deleted, the data lingers for a long time on the hard drive. Instead of actually deleting the file in its entirety, the computer simply marks that section of storage to be re-written when more space is needed. For email that is downloaded to a computer, there is a good chance that a similar process is at work. This means that if the police, or another technician, want to recover the data from "deleted" emails, they probably can. Often what's necessary is a knowledge of where these flagged files are stored, and access to software that can scan those areas to bring back emails that were supposedly deleted

[Foxscotch]

sure, if it wasn't overwritten, which it will be very soon on a server that deals with hundreds of millions of emails every single day. if data actually did magically stay on a hard drive forever, I'm sure we'd have found some way to use those magical abilities to our advantage by now. but alas, that isn't how it works

[Lord Tony®]

sure, if it wasn't overwritten, which it will be very soon on a server that deals with hundreds of millions of emails every single day. if data actually did magically stay on a hard drive forever, I'm sure we'd have found some way to use those magical abilities to our advantage by now. but alas, that isn't how it works

You're not getting it.

Gmail is running a big email server for millions of people.

Hillary clinton's email server is private for just her alone.

[Foxscotch]

Gmail is running a big email server for millions of people.
Hillary clinton's email server is private for just her alone.

I can't even begin to imagine what you think that has to do with what I said