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		freitzkriesler2 on May 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple's photo bug exposes the myth of 'deleted' I mean doesn't the file system simply mark a sector as "writeable" until something gets marked on it? I'm more impressed that these areas of flash didn't get copied over with other data.

kube-system on May 21, 2024 [–]

It happens all of the time, which is how data recovery tools work on 'deleted' data. But I doubt this particular instance was a file system bug. Probably a bug in the 30-day delete scheduling that happens by default in the Recently Deleted album in Photos.

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