I would argue, and I’m sure many historians and librarians and archivists would agree, that “general data backups” are essential human data. Storing the data allows for later analysis, which may provide important insights. Even things that seem trivial and unimportant today can provide very important insights later.
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candyman337@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThis is the type of thing that would be used for storage of essential human data rather than for general data backups I think
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
candyman337@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s a fair point
Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
so porn collections?
crandlecan@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Yep