Bug 167578 - Add "Secure Empty Trash" by invoking srm
Summary: Add "Secure Empty Trash" by invoking srm
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kio
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: trash (show other bugs)
Version: SVN
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Faure
URL:
Keywords:
: 187232 214746 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2008-07-28 12:14 UTC by markuss
Modified: 2018-04-16 19:43 UTC (History)
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Description markuss 2008-07-28 12:14:04 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.0.98)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
OS:                Linux

Since quite a while, Mac OS X offers an alternative way of emptying the Trash: In a secure way by invoking the "srm" command. See http://srm.sf.net/ for further details on that command.
It would be nice if KDE/Dolphin adds that functionality -- preferably by holding down a modifier key while activating the context menu of the Trash.
Comment 1 Jekyll Wu 2012-01-01 16:25:25 UTC 
*** Bug 187232 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Peter Penz 2012-05-01 20:33:44 UTC 
*** Bug 214746 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2018-04-16 19:43:09 UTC 
macOS has since removed the feature, as it's essentially impossible to implement on modern SSDs. The same is true for us too, unfortunately.