FileVault and Empty Trash

Hello, I just upgraded to Snow Leopard. My computer is running faster now (and sometimes a little hotter unfortunately), but I lost my "Empty Trash" option on my FileVault account. I had it in Leopard, but now I only have "Secure Empty Trash" which I set up to do a 35x overwrite when I implemented FileVault. Is there a way to restore normal Empty Trash and still have the Secure option, and can I change the overwrite amount through some preference pane?

Go to Finder > Preferences > Advanced. Uncheck "Empty trash securely".

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