How do I delete photos PERMANENTLY?

I have moved photos to the trash can and emptied the trash can multiple times and they keep popping back up in Iphoto. Not just Iphoto but many other files are not actually being deleted. Plus, I'm finding random snapshots of my family's phone numbers etc. that I didn't take.
WHAT KIND OF SECURITY IS THIS....I'm about to smash this piece of crap, delete my account. this is blackmail. Some idiot told me to download avast as well. There are NO APPS that help with anything on this Macbook Pro piece of worthless ****. Complete wasted investment.
I don't even know where the icloud website went with all of my stories etc. I can't figure out how to go into icloud or shut off icloud. My iphone was stolen and I didn't want all my backup files restored but the idiot at the phone company wanted me to wait ten minutes so I got all my contacts back. I got a new Iphone and now it's just a mess. I have all these pictures I want gone and I can't get rid of them. I have deleted them from my phone, and there are even parts where there are no option to delete the photos from my iphone.
And there are random images cropping up on my mac of other photos. Photos of phone numbers on my Iphone! SCREENSHOTS OF CHATS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT I NEVER TOOK!

It sounds like some image files were accidently imported into iPhoto. It's happended to others when a folder was inadvertantly dropped onto the iPhoto icon in the Dock thus importing all image files in that folder. One user somehow dropped the Applications folder onto the iPhoto icon importing all of the graphic image files in those application. Caused a real mess.
Also you may not be deleting photos from the iPhoto LIbrary properly:
Deleting Photos from an iPhoto Library
1 - from an Event or the Photos mode: select the photo(s) and use the Delete key to move the photos to the trash bin. Then empty the iPhoto Trash bin as follows:
2 - from an album, smart album, book, slideshow, card, etc.: select the photo(s) and use the key combination of Command+Option+Delete to move the photos to the trash bin. Then empty the trash bin as above.
3 - lastly, empty the Trash bin in the Dock as the files get moved there for one last opportunity to abort the deletion.
NOTE: deleting a photo from an album, slideshow, book, etc., with only the Delete key only deletes that photo from that item. Deleting a photo from an Event deletes ALL occurences of that photo in the library.
OT

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