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jey on Sept 12, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: MS Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible ...

Is the "remote wipe" command really supposed to delete all the data on the device? It sounds to me like it's meant to erase just the data associated with the Exchange account, but that the implementors misinterpreted it to mean "erase the whole volume".

jackvalentine on Sept 13, 2010 [–]

Yes, because once things hit your exchange account they can leak all over the phone. Attachments stored on it's flash storage/SD card and the like.

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