[ronaldx]

> I can't really understand the effort of deleting everything either. I highly doubt Google ever really deletes anything. Once you've sent it to their servers, the cat is out of the bag.

There are presumably technical differences in how this data is stored and processed over time, which may not be insignificant.

Delete data today and it might be wiped; delete data tomorrow and it might be parcelled into a company takeover.

[aragot]

I tend to think that deleting data gets it flagged forever. What are the last 5 status updates you deleted on Facebook, if you ever did it? How many dollars would you pay for your worst ennemy's deleted posts?