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Old 27th March 2019, 14:47     #210
Nich
 
In the age of 99.999% data retention policies, and decentralised data storage powered by blockchain, this is what the world needs:

Don’t be afraid of the digital dustbin
https://unherd.com/2019/03/dont-be-a...gital-dustbin/

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We might add that there are good commercial and moral reasons that big data should have a limit on how much information it can hold on us and for how long. Though we should also note the irony that we zoom between being outraged at the amount of information social media companies hold on us, and stricken at the idea that they might lose our precious data.

MySpace data loss: Botched server migration prompts user concerns over fate of lost songs
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/...-of-lost-songs


How dare you hold all my data! Also, how dare you lose all my data!
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