Investigators pulled video from ‘residual data’ in Google’s systems — here’s how that was possible and what it means for your privacy.
Investigators pulled video from ‘residual data’ in Google’s systems — here’s how that was possible and what it means for your privacy.
I was under the impression that Google just didn’t delete data — ever. Like, it’s way more valuable compared to the cost of the disk.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this is actually what happened here… tech companies in general don’t delete data if they can avoid it. I worked for companies that would just set
deleted = 1in the DB on delete calls. Google has more ability than anyone else to put that data to use