And additionnaly, isn’t there a way to exploit this so we can store more stuff on PCs?

Edit: can’t thank you all individually but thanks to everyone, I learnt something today, appreciate all of your replies!

  • Transient Punk@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Often times when you delete something off a computer, the computer simply deletes the address of the data, but doesn’t overwrite the data.

    Think of a map for a city. If you delete a house off the map, you may not be able to find it anymore, but the house is still there. It’s the same for computer storage