Re:Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web?
by crucialfelix on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:38PM
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A client of mine had his email account accessed by somebody in Nigeria (could see date and location of last login). That person then deleted everything after accessing the account.
Re:Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web?
by seoulmetro on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @06:24PM
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That's why manual backing up of your chatlogs is such an amazing (and often cringey) thing. Just don't back them up anywhere online.
I've got conversations from 15+ years ago with girls I liked, friends I loved and everything in between. It's hard to watch, but if I ever feel nostalgic I can bring them up in a flick.
I'm not even 30 yet.
Logged in to my yahoo account that I haven't used in more than 10 years to look at some convos I've had with a good friend. There was nothing there. Yahoo forums are full of people that want to recover messages from their deceased loved ones, and won't be able to.
I find it fascinating that the only traces remaining of our lives will probably be archived on some NSA server somewhere... Flashbacks of that X-Files episode with the underground bunkers full of DNA.