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I am thinking about trading in for a better phone. But I am worried about Identity theft.

Factory reset it

cjsdowg posted...

I am thinking about trading in for a better phone. But I am worried about Identity theft.

you didn't know about, deleting everything?

Back up your stuff on cloud. Factory reset. Its not complex.

kage_53 posted...

Back up your stuff on cloud. Factory reset. Its not complex.

you can back it up to flash drive or PC too right? Is there any cloud storage options that are free?

Factory reset is fine, the people who have not only the know how but the equipment to get that data off your phone after a factory reset do not care about you, you're a nobody.

Enclave posted...

Factory reset is fine, the people who have not only the know how but the equipment to get that data off your phone after a factory reset do not care about you, you're a nobody.

How does that method work? , where they can get that info. Have heard they can do it though

GranTurismo posted...

How does that method work? , where they can get that info. Have heard they can do it though

Deleting something doesn't actually delete it. All it does is tell the OS that it's ok to write stuff to that location. So if a location hasn't been overwritten since the delete, it is likely still there and recoverable. The more time passes (and the more stuff is saved) reduces the chance that data can be recovered.

chris1001_the_sequel posted...

Deleting something doesn't actually delete it. All it does is tell the OS that it's ok to write stuff to that location. So if a location hasn't been overwritten since the delete, it is likely still there and recoverable. The more time passes (and the more stuff is saved) reduces the chance that data can be recovered.

So if you wanted to be thorough, you factory reset, create throwaway accounts, download/copy a bunch of bulk stuff to fill out the storage, erase, repeat, erase, repeat, right?

From my understanding, its way more difficult to recover deleted data from solid state drive memory compared to old magnetic drives

chris1001_the_sequel posted...

Deleting something doesn't actually delete it. All it does is tell the OS that it's ok to write stuff to that location. So if a location hasn't been overwritten since the delete, it is likely still there and recoverable. The more time passes (and the more stuff is saved) reduces the chance that data can be recovered.

So i heard like physical destruction is the only fool proof 100 perc. method though

YellowSUV posted...

From my understanding, its way more difficult to recover deleted data from solid state drive memory compared to old magnetic drives

Yes and no, it's takes different equipment. The problem though is you need to write the sectors over multiple times to really eliminate it and doing that on an SSD actually reduces the lifespan of the device.

Enclave posted...

Yes and no, it's takes different equipment. The problem though is you need to write the sectors over multiple times to really eliminate it and doing that on an SSD actually reduces the lifespan of the device.

heard that too, that ssds last a lot less long than hdds?

identity/data mostly only happens when it's easy/valuable. Generally a full factory reset will turn off the average thief/hacker.

At the time of your death make certain they are on the same boat as you headed out to sea while a lone archer knocks a flame arrow to cast it ablaze.

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GranTurismo posted...

heard that too, that ssds last a lot less long than hdds?

Yes and no.

HDDs have a lot of moving parts that are prone to failure. Even though the HDD plate will outlive an SSD it's quite common for a decent SSD to outlive HDDs.

Enclave posted...

Yes and no.

HDDs have a lot of moving parts that are prone to failure. Even though the HDD plate will outlive an SSD it's quite common for a decent SSD to outlive HDDs.

isn't the total number of avg. writes for ssds much less than hdds?

Thanks for the advice so the reset doesn't fully work if someone really really wants the data. I don't think am that important nor am I rich enough for someone to really go out their way. If someone steals my life...Congratulations you now have student loan debt. So I guess I will just reset it like 10 times and feel safe. I have anxiety so things worry me. But this sounds good.

GranTurismo posted...

isn't the total number of avg. writes for ssds much less than hdds?

It's not about the writes with an HDD it's about all it taking is one small part of the HDD to fail and the HDD is potentially useless. Also if you drop an SSD it's almost certainly fine but if you drop an HDD it's quite probably fucked.

A lot more is involved in an HDD failure than just writes.