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[-] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 days ago

The thing is sometimed articles must be removed from IA (copyright (I disagree with that one) or when information is leaked that could threaten lives), with a blockchain this would be impossible

[-] tehmics@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

this would be impossible

Perfect.

I'd be interested in seeing real examples where lives are threatened. I find it unlikely that the internet archive would be the exclusive arbiter of so-called deadly information

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

I thought of something but I don’t know if it’s a good example.

Here’s the hypothetical:

A criminal backs up a CSAM archive. Maybe the criminal is caught, heck say they’re executed. Pedos can now share the archive forever over encrypted messengers without fear of it being deleted? Not ideal.

[-] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 day ago

There was an actual example where a journalistic article about afghanistan accidentally leaked names of some sources and people who helped westerners in afghanistan, which did actually endanger those people’s lives.

[-] tehmics@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

If they're leaked, they're leaked. The archive doesn't change that one way or the other

[-] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Gotcha so you actually stated your previous question in bad faith as you had no interest in the answer to begin with.

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