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Is your deleted cloud data really gone?

Posted on March 9, 2020 at 01:10 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

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By Fred Langa

Most Windows users know that clicking “delete” does not actually erase local files. The same holds true for your data stored in the cloud.

Those files can remain in remote backups or in online services’ logs for a very long time. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to keep your left-online data protected, even when it’s no longer under your full control. Here’s how.

Plus: More on the demise of Windows’ screen saver.

Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.10.0 (2020-03-09).

LangaList AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Cloud storage, Deleted data, encryption

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