that is a very poor-quality source; modern SSDs indeed hold data for years, and powering them also doesn't increase data retention; they're not in any technical sense related to static (which needs constant power, very little) or dynamic RAM (which needs refresh cycles every few milliseconds).
You can be pretty certain that a not end-of-write-life SSD will retain data for years to decades. If you care, some SSDs actually specify more than just a overall MTBF (often in the 10⁶ h)
Marcus Müller
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2026-02-06 20:18:32 UTC
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