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Hypothetically: -Government leader says they're nuking data -Mad rush to back up data through other means -Government leader declares they've 'transferred the
by Damogran6 2y ago
Hypothetically:
-Government leader says they're nuking data
-Mad rush to back up data through other means
-Government leader declares they've 'transferred the cost of maintaining data out of government, thus making for a smaller, more efficient, government'
I hate everything about this.
- krunck 2y agoThere is inherent inefficiency in government accountability efforts. I'm ok with that.
- riku_iki 2y agoIn general it makes sense to shift this part to business, if data is valuable, there will be market and services. Probably problem is how fast they nuked without grace period.
- tehjoker 2y agoim okay with data being hosted for free or cheap by the government and not being price gouged for access to public data
- riku_iki 2y agoI think many people are very not Ok how government handles data: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43237352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43237352
- forgetfreeman 2y agoAre these same people proposing private industry would do a better job? https://privacybee.com/blog/these-are-the-largest-data-brokers-in-america/ https://privacybee.com/blog/these-are-the-largest-data-broke...
- lukas099 2y agoKind of like switching to supporting Russia so your allies think you're no longer a reliable partner and start beefing up their own militaries.