Clinton’s use of BleachBit avoided ‘money trail’ in email destruction

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Hillary Clinton’s decision to use BleachBit to scrub her private email server could have been based on the fact that the free software can be downloaded and used with complete anonymity, the program’s developer said.

Andrew Ziem, the creator of BleachBit, pointed to a recent CNN report about his software in which a computer security expert had speculated that Clinton’s team would have selected a more expensive, more sophisticated service if it truly sought to conceal records.

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