-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 12 September 2003 23:49, Jan Brunner wrote: > Steam uses a function (I don't remember its name) to allocate space > for the cache files while not actually writing it. So in those areas > of the cache files that weren't overwritten by Steam, you might find > deleted content of that partition. > > It's the same function eDonkey (and its alternative clients) use so > they don't have to spend time writing a lot of zeros to the disk.
Having something stored on my local computer does not worry me as the information is there in some form or another anyways. Now, if someone on the other hand had found out that Steam __intentionally__ looks up, stores and __transmits__ this data, id be more worried. - -- Yours Sincerely Thomas Juberg Stens�s - -- What we do in life echoes in eternity -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/YkGVm5JSuDogRncRAg45AJ9RMxqrP+3nKWbB+taeZC6GLAMOkgCgnPwN Xzlp0CKQ3JWjlGTOiDcVYYE= =/dgj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
