[LINK] Megaupload data may go bye-bye

[Rick Welykochy]

Jan Whitaker wrote:

> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/29/megaupload-user-data_n_1240729.html
> Megaupload User Data May Be Gone By Thursday, Feds Say
>
> By JOSHUA FREED 01/29/12 10:07 PM ET
>
>
> -- Federal prosecutors say data from users of Megaupload could be
> deleted as soon as Thursday.

This sounds ridiculous. The data on the servers is the primary
evidence against the defendant. What purpose could deleting this
evidence possibly serve?


> The company says its millions of users stored their own data,
> including family photos and personal documents. They haven't been
> able to see their data since the government raids earlier this month,
> but there has been hope would be able to get it back.

Now this is doubly ridiculous. Anyone who uses a free 3rd party service
as the ONLY storage point for their data needs to get their head
examined. Why would someone even think of doing that? It's not like
local storage is expensive.

The purpose of Megaupload and similar services is to share files with
others, since emailing 100 MB documents is simply not practical or efficient.
If the sharer does not keep a local copy, their licence to operate a general
purpose computer should be rescinded "toute suite".


cheers
rickw


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