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You're right that rm won't be enough, and the "Success!" isn't really a success.

But likely shred won't even work, because SSDs overwrite other blocks when you perform a write operation, for wear leveling. I'm not sure if there's any hope of erasing something from an SSD besides physically destroying the SSD.




>I'm not sure if there's any hope of erasing something from an SSD besides physically destroying the SSD.

I was under the impression that TRIM/UNMAP would erase the flash blocks currently associated with some sectors, is that not the case?


Generally I don't believe that TRIM securely erases anything.

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/109916/does-the...




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