Proper deletion of files (shredding)

[pmaier1]

Category: Files
Quick summary use case: As an admin/user I want to have the ability (opt-in) to properly delete files. Currently when a file is deleted, it just is not visible anymore (afaik) and could be recovered using forensics. To properly delete a file it would need to be overwritten.

Problem it solves / Why I think this is important: If storage encryption is disabled, everybody having access to the storage could be able to recover deleted files until they are overwritten by chance. For security-aware users this would provide an enhancement and it could be necessary for meeting (retention) compliance requirements.

Please share your thoughts!

[PVince81]

Should be possible to implement this as an app which provides a storage wrapper that implements shredding inside the overridden unlink function.

But need to be careful to properly integrate in case the trashbin app is enabled too, because that one also overrides that function.

[hodyroff]

IMHO this should be implemented as an app, not in core. If I recall correctly a partner has already done this for some special use cases.

[pmaier1]

IMHO this should be implemented as an app, not in core. If I recall correctly a partner has already done this for some special use cases.

Yes, as an app sounds nice. Which partner has done something like this?

[ownclouders]

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