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if you think your data is deleted after a factory reset think again I'm Bridget Carey and this is your C net updates before donating or reselling an old smartphone many folks will do a factory reset to wipe everything off the phone but the problem is a factory reset doesn't really delete everything a new study from the security software maker Avast found that it's still possible to pull up photos emails text and other documents from a reset Android phone for the study Avast purchased 20 Android smartphones off eBay and in those 20 factory reset phones they were still able to recover more than 40 thousand photos including 250 nude photos they also recovered 750 emails and text messages 250 contacts as well as the identities of four previous owners and one completed loan application all it takes to pull up old data is a pretty basic software program now a factory reset does delete everything on the surface but to truly delete the data you need to rewrite over it so after a reset you could fill up the phone with more documents to make it harder to find the original data Avast also has its own Android app that can help you delete data you can find more tips on how to do this at seen it and by now you probably heard about this wild potato salad success story a guy posted a project on Kickstarter asking the internet for a $10 donation so he could just make some potato salad well the internet loved his humor and honesty so Zack brown of Columbus Ohio raised more than $50,000 as of this report funds have come in from about 4,000 people from countries around the world Brown says the he'll throw a massive potato salad party in his hometown and invite all those from the internet that helped him reach this tasty dream now some have said he should donate the money although you can't specifically raise money for charity on Kickstarter what he does with the profit is up to him so yes he could donate it the story has spawned other food projects on Kickstarter melissa w from or again wants to make some bacon cupcakes and if you don't eat $3 to mark in Fort Myers Florida well he'll send you a pancake in the mail now there are some ground rules to how Kickstarter works you can't just ask for money to pay for your rent but a project to create something even just a side dish is fair game but this potato salad is not just potato salad it's a symbol for the American dream to push the boundaries and do what some would say is impossible and to get famous on the internet for doing a stupid thing and then getting paid for doing it that's your tech news update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey