Comment by icebraining
7 years ago
It's interesting that you think they need those 90 days to off load your data. As if they hadn't done so before your deletion.
By the way, rm does work like that. The file will just be marked as deleted (by removing its entry from the filesystem index), but will remain on your disk for some time afterwards, from some minutes to months. If you want to ensure deletion, you should be using shred.
> By the way, rm does work like that. The file will just be marked as deleted (by removing its entry from the filesystem index), but will remain on your disk for some time afterwards, from some minutes to months. If you want to ensure deletion, you should be using shred.
This is true, but it's worth noting that not overwriting your own data on a machine you physically own as an optimization is very different behavior from not overwriting someone else's data on your server when they request that you delete it.
I couldn't agree more.
“Rm doesn’t work like that, so clearly it’s ok that Facebook takes 90 days to delete your data after you make the request”
Utter horse crap
If you put words into other people's mouths, you're only creating confusion for yourself. I meant what I wrote, and nothing more.