Lots of software is designed so the delete button just flags an entry so it doesn’t show to low privilege users on the front end, while the data persists in the database where database admins and the like can still access it.
Online it’s wise to assume every website acts like this if you don’t actually run the site yourself with full admin access to the underlying web server and database . Once what you write gets on a site it is permanently out of your control in most cases.
Yeah… I’m like 99% positive Reddit wisened up to scrubbing and have been preserving backups for years, essentially rendering all forms of update/deletion useless.
All they’d have to do is have a separate “hidden” db that mirrors production, with separate business rules to ignore all non-mod updates/deletions beyond 12 or 24 hours.
The best you can do now is stop giving them content.
I’m skeptical too.
Lots of software is designed so the delete button just flags an entry so it doesn’t show to low privilege users on the front end, while the data persists in the database where database admins and the like can still access it.
Online it’s wise to assume every website acts like this if you don’t actually run the site yourself with full admin access to the underlying web server and database . Once what you write gets on a site it is permanently out of your control in most cases.
Yeah… I’m like 99% positive Reddit wisened up to scrubbing and have been preserving backups for years, essentially rendering all forms of update/deletion useless.
All they’d have to do is have a separate “hidden” db that mirrors production, with separate business rules to ignore all non-mod updates/deletions beyond 12 or 24 hours.
The best you can do now is stop giving them content.