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I hadn't even considered encryption, which like you said will be a large issue. It seems to me that that data is effectively gone unless we have some magic in t
by dsnuh 8y ago
I hadn't even considered encryption, which like you said will be a large issue. It seems to me that that data is effectively gone unless we have some magic in the future that can defeat forward secrecy and post-quantum crypto algorithms.
- bonesss 8y agoLots of governments mandate specially designed archive systems for this very reason: OAIS [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Archival_Information_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Archival_Information_Syst...], so we should never be totally lost. But there are very good reasons to be concerned that the most prolific information creators & recorders in all of human history may be doing so in an information 'black hole' [https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/internet-founding-father-warns-of-information-black-hole-1.2102763 https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/internet-foun...].