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The notion of having having 'secure' data on someone else's hardware is just a bit silly.

I think the OP here definitely points at something, but primarily that the `scrubbing` checkbox is essentially a placebo button.

Getting a little meta: a 'no matter what delete this in a fully 100% absolutely totally unrecoverable forever fashion' checkbox is just begging for a generic law enforcement ping which DO would be forced to provide covertly.

I appreciate OPs side, I definitely see DO's viewpoint of customer happiness >> accurate UI.. but the lesson here is definitely to own your own necessarily-secure data.



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