
Other OpenPGP Considerations 165
Shredding
“Shredding” is another add-on feature in both WinPT and
PGP. When you delete a document from a computer via the
operating system, it isn’t destroyed. Much as if you put a print-
out in the trash, the document is merely hidden from view and
set on a path that will lead to its eventual destruction.
Any number of programs can recover these deleted files.
To permanently and irrevocably destroy a file, use the shred-
der function that ships with PGP and WinPT. These programs
overwrite the file on disk several times, eliminating any hope
of recovering it. (If you’re using an operating system that has
filesystem ...