Comment by Yo
Thanks @Fuzzillogic for pointing that out. You are correct: Jolla mixes this up as well. Oh geez…
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The option's page title says: "Reset device", The actual button says: "Clear device". The info text below the button says "Clears everything from the device and […]". To me there would be no doubt my...
View ArticleAnswer by Yo for "Reset device" does not really clear device memory
I'm just going to answer your questions as my opinion on this because 1) can only be answered by the designer and 2) is a question of opinion. 1. Resetting is not erasing or wiping. So I think this is...
View ArticleAnswer by lakutalo for "Reset device" does not really clear device memory
It is the same when you do a hard reset on an android device. It just reflashes the os image and restores basic software. If you want to wipe the flash you have to include formatting it, too. This is...
View ArticleComment by DarkTuring
I would like to see a wipe device function prior to reset/restore/clear. The wipe would overwrite home folder, cache, and folders of logs with random 1 and zeros about ~3 times which should suffice....
View ArticleComment by Yo
> Any process of overwriting data is considered unsafe imho. This is not a question of opinion, [but](http://www.nber.org/sys-admin/overwritten-data-gutmann.html)...
View ArticleComment by chemist
Any process of overwriting data is considered unsafe imho, the only way of securing an irreversible way of unreadable data or recovery of such is by implementing direct encryption on system lvl -...
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Ehrm yes, had me laugh! So sure, Jolla can make a difference by educating everyone - **WARNING, device factory reset does not safely erase user-data. Take other measures to wipe user-data, please.**...
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@Ochi so simple yes/no, 1) yes this is standard behaviour - close to all storage capable devices on the world work like this, there are devices though like new SSDs that have a writing algorithms that...
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This is a very simple google-able question and applies to any storage device, companies destroy harddrives physically as you actually cannot make sure that not in X days someone finds a way to recover...
View ArticleComment by Paul Hilbert
As far as I can tell the OPs questions were whether this is the way it is supposed to be and more importantly if there - at least regarding the UX - should be changes made. I don't really see how "this...
View ArticleComment by chemist
Agreed! It is considered safe, that safety consideration is discussed. I work in a nanoscale research facility, I trust no one in that sector.
View ArticleComment by Yo
Of course there are (**very** close to) safe methods for wiping data, and these could be implemented in the OS. Blackberry OS and iOS e.g. do this and at least for BBOS it's considered to be safe. (I...
View ArticleComment by Paul Hilbert
So in order to find out if Jolla does what we as a community would expect from a community-focused project such as the jolla phone I google how Google fails to inform me about insecure measures? I...
View Article"Reset device" does not really clear device memory
Hello, in the light of a recent study I stumbled across ([link](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/fr_most15.pdf)) I was curious whether the "Reset device" functionality of Jolla/Sailfish fully...
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