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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Well, this is the first time I have ever heard someone being actively upset about having someone else's books on available on their Kindle (for free). 
I am pretty sure you don't need a secure erase that badly either. |
I wasn't upset, just mentioning for those who might be concerned about what was left behind when they sell or give away their device.
'Secure Erase' would mean a lot of writing to the flash device, generally not a good idea on an older device.
I imagine that some people have things on there other than books (like personal notes).
A marginally effective 'remove' can be done by:
Code:
truncate --size=0 filename ; rm -f filename
Note 1: the above written for gnu-utils options, the same or similar should be available from the Busybox installed on the Kindles.
**should** - at least on the series 5.x devices, since Amazon has recently started using it (or the equivalent code) themselves.
Note 2: the above pair of commands removes some of the information left behind on FAT-32 that common un-delete programs depend on.