I read the API documentation. It's pretty short. Here's the relevant bit:
"scrub_data Optional, Boolean, this will strictly write 0s to your prior partition to ensure that all data is completely erased."
If I didn't already know about this issue, I would never Have thought that leaving this option out would leak all of my data. My reading of the above option would be that, with it off, they would leave your data on the drive until it was reused, leaving open the possibility that e.g. the FBI could seize the equipment in the meantime and access it.
The opposite of "write zeroes to your partition" is not "give all of your data to the next customer".
"scrub_data Optional, Boolean, this will strictly write 0s to your prior partition to ensure that all data is completely erased."
If I didn't already know about this issue, I would never Have thought that leaving this option out would leak all of my data. My reading of the above option would be that, with it off, they would leave your data on the drive until it was reused, leaving open the possibility that e.g. the FBI could seize the equipment in the meantime and access it.
The opposite of "write zeroes to your partition" is not "give all of your data to the next customer".