Will We Ever Solve the Problem of Losing Data?
More and more, our data—private photos, work documents, confidential information, and so on—are migrating to digital clouds and platforms. After all, aren’t physical storage systems safer from the whims of a tech firm wiping your cloud storage—or, even worse, forcing you to choose a subscription plan? Personally, I—a stickler for physical media—have a very bad track record of breaking my game chips and scratching my movie discs.
- ▪More and more, our data—private photos, work documents, confidential information, and so on—are migrating to digital clouds and platforms.
- ▪After all, aren’t physical storage systems safer from the whims of a tech firm wiping your cloud storage—or, even worse, forcing you to choose a subscription plan?
- ▪Personally, I—a stickler for physical media—have a very bad track record of breaking my game chips and scratching my movie discs.
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| Publication time | Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:30:20 +0000 |
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More and more, our data—private photos, work documents, confidential information, and so on—are migrating to digital clouds and platforms. In a more recent and perhaps controversial turn of events, some gaming firms are pushing for digital downloads in lieu of physical CDs.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000792386","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"privacy-and-security","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"physics,privacy-and-security","TAGS":"data-protection,data-storage,giz-asks","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); One recurring argument against digital options has been that it’s not as…
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