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Re:How the NSA tracks people [video] by partycoder on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:11AM (#14948059)
Now, think that the data is immutable, doesn't necessarily have to be in a hard disk. Could be in tape.

Backup tapes have significant capacity and are cheaper than hard drives.

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Re:How the NSA tracks people [video] by megous on Monday August 07, 2017 @06:03PM (#14951639)
Yes, but why backup the internet if you can't process the data afterwards without waiting for ages for the results.
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