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Slate's Explainer: Erasing Computer Evidence

By Andy Bowers
Published June 29, 2005 at 11:00 PM CDT

A former publisher of the New York City daily newspaper Newsday was recently indicted for possessing child pornography. He also allegedly tried to erase evidence from his computer using a program called Evidence Eliminator. Slate senior editor Andy Bowers explains the technical limits of software designed to erase data from computers.

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Andy Bowers oversees Slate's collaboration with NPR?s daytime news magazine, Day to Day. He helps produce the work of Slate's writers for radio, and can also be heard on the program.
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