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> The proposal comes amid growing concern at the fragility of digital archives, after a cyber-attack on the British Library left the online catalogue and digiti
by gustavus 3y ago
> The proposal comes amid growing concern at the fragility of digital archives, after a cyber-attack on the British Library left the online catalogue and digitised documents unavailable to users since late October.
> The apparent vulnerability was also revealed this month when the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and the former prime minister Boris Johnson both claimed they could no longer access WhatsApp messages sought by the UK Covid-19 public inquiry.
But I'm sure the UK government will do a great job of protecting these super important and valuable documents.
- meepmorp 3y agoI'm inclined to believe that the problem with Rishi and Boris handing over those messages is more about their lack of motivation, rather than ability, to do so.
- pbhjpbhj 3y agoI'm sure these Tory politicians accused of enabling stealing from the tax-payer (and in Johnson's case of needlessly choosing to allow COVID to spread in a way he knew would cause thousands of excess deaths), will be eager to mandate cross-platform open messaging systems so all their messages can be well preserved in the future!