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  FileVault 2 and Trash Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-13 13:56 +0000
    Re: FileVault 2 and Trash Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-06-13 14:14 +0000
      Re: FileVault 2 and Trash Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-13 18:43 +0000
    Re: FileVault 2 and Trash Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-06-13 10:16 -0400

#60866 — FileVault 2 and Trash

If I have FileVault 2 enabled, are items in the [emptied] trash still
secure or should I secure delete them to be sure they can't be
recovered?

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#60867

In message <c00e7lF4b9oU1@mid.individual.net> 
  Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I have FileVault 2 enabled, are items in the [emptied] trash still
> secure or should I secure delete them to be sure they can't be
> recovered?

The entire disk is encrypted.

There are no little unencrypted areas.

-- 
And I was grounded while you filled the skies I was dumbfounded by
truth; you cut through lies

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#60874

On 2014-06-13, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> In message <c00e7lF4b9oU1@mid.individual.net>
>   Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> If I have FileVault 2 enabled, are items in the [emptied] trash still
>> secure or should I secure delete them to be sure they can't be
>> recovered?
>
> The entire disk is encrypted.
>
> There are no little unencrypted areas.
>
That's what I thought but I had no reference to support the position.

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#60868

On 2014.06.13, 09:56 , Tom Stiller wrote:
> If I have FileVault 2 enabled, are items in the [emptied] trash still
> secure or should I secure delete them to be sure they can't be
> recovered?

If someone had the key to the disk and a recovery program, then it could 
potentially be recovered by simply mounting the disk using that key. 
(password).

If in doubt use secure empty trash from the Finder menu or move them to 
a temp folder and: "srm -sr *" from terminal.  This is a bit faster than 
Sec empty trash as -s is a single pass and that's more than sufficient 
with high density disks or SSD's.

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I was born a 1%er - I'm just more equal than the rest.

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