Their mentioning that does at least show that they weren't entirely trying to cover up the fact that she deleted the emails.Įdits: Added a couple lines for clarification.Īnother edit: Actually, while I'm on this "acid wash" one, Trump keeps talking about what an expensive process that was and how much it cost taxpayers. They did at least mention that she used BleachBit, which is a tool used to erase data off computers, but they really should have been more specific.
So technically they're correct, but they really should have elaborated to point that out more clearly. I checked up on the MSNBC acid wash one you suggested and, well, it's a technicality.ĭid she use a process called "Acid washing"? No, that is a meaningless and made up term.
That still doesn't really help Trump though, given that the overwhelming majority of fact checkers all say that he made far more false statements than Clinton did, so either they're pretty much ALL heavily biased towards her, or. Some are more partisan than others and may conveniently disregard untruths by their preferred candidate, or go more aggressively against the other one.
In those instances, it’s better to use an encrypted partition for your sensitive information.Oh, sure, that's true. Their design prevents it from working as intended. That means that you can’t completely delete files on solid state drives, USB drives, and SD cards. BleachBit’s shredder doesn’t exactly work on flash storage. It’s also a great way to help protect your privacy. It can seriously speed up a congested system, especially with Windows. Closing ThoughtsīleachBit is an excellent tool. If you’re absolutely certain, click “Delete.” BleachBit will destroy the target file or folder and display a report of the results in the right pane. This is your last shot to change your mind. Select the file or folder, and press “Ok.” BleachBit will ask you one more time for confirmation. Select either “Shred File” or “Shred Folder.” A new window will pop open and allow you to browse to the target. To shred a file or a folder, click on “File” at the top of the window. BleachBit fills the space with junk before marking it writable so that there’s nothing left to recover. That means that the file can still be recovered until that space is occupied by something else. The file’s still there, but the operating system will overwrite the space when it’s needed. When you delete a file, the operating system just marks the space occupied by the file as writable. With normal methods, a deleted file isn’t actually gone. Then, it fills the space that the file previously occupied with junk data(random ones and zeroes), so it’s nearly impossible to recover any information about the deleted file. It takes either a file or folder and deletes it. If only this section was about a Ninja Turtles villain… Nevertheless the shredder functionality of BleachBit is very good. BleachBit will run through everything that you picked, and destroy it completely. You can check it out in the right pane and make sure that nothing important would be impacted.įinally, when you’re absolutely certain, press the trash can icon. BleachBit will run through all of the files that will be removed without actually touching any of them. It’s also a good idea, once you have your folders selected, to click the magnifying glass icon at the top of the list. It doesn’t care if another system process is using a file, and it doesn’t care if it breaks something.