did you know.....?

When a file is emptied from your recycle bin it is not deleted?

There is some free encryption programs out there? (truecrypt)

Lockheed Martin, one of the big government defense contractors, left information about their missile defense systems, bank accounts, and employees on hard drives they sold on ebay or other auctions.

There are a few free data recovery/secure erasing programs that are easy to use. (Recuva, CCleaner, WinClear)

There are free programs to crack windows user passwords (ophcrack)

It could take several days to years to crack a 256-bit encryption depending on the length of the password.

"40% of hard drives sold on ebay have sensitive data on them"

Sometimes data that has been overwritten can be recovered.

new questions

What is computer forensics?
What are some tools used in it?
Can encryption be broken without knowing anything about the password?
What program would be used for this?
What are some tools used to recover data off of hard drives?
What happens to a file when you empty your recycle bin?
What are some programs that can be used to recover files?
How long does it take to recover files?
What can these programs do?
What ways can you stop data from being recovered from a computer?