Re: PRIVACY: MSIExplorer email spy file

Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@calweb.com)
Sat, 15 Mar 1997 15:38:33 -0800 (PST)


> There are numerous utilities which perform a true deletion by
> overwriting the area released by the file deletion. Norton Utilities for
> one. Many others can be found in the Simtel archives under Disk
> Utilities and File Utilities for the platform of your choice.

All such utilities are snake oil. To rely on them is worse than
having none at all, because they give you the illusion of security.

-- 
Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com>
<http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html>