...If the drive is formatted APFS each file's data is intentionally scattered all over the drive which makes any attempt to re-assemble the contents of any given file impractical if not impossible.
Isn't that the case with an SSD formatted HFS+, too?
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire