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Funny, because the same thing happened in Nepal a few weeks ago. Protestors/rioters burned some government buildings, along with the tech infrastructure within
by aio2 1y ago
Funny, because the same thing happened in Nepal a few weeks ago. Protestors/rioters burned some government buildings, along with the tech infrastructure within them, so now almost all electronic data is gone.
- cyanydeez 1y ago[flagged]
- dottjt 1y agoWould this have been any different if these documents were stored non-electronically though? I understand that the whole point of electronic data is that it can be backed up, but if the alternative were simply an analog system then it would have fared no better.
- seunosewa 1y agoIt would have been better if storage was distributed.
- Muromec 1y agoPaper records are usually distributed both by agency and by locality.
- dikei 1y agoFor paper documents, you'd make at least a few copies for storage at the source, and then every receiver will get his/her own notarized copies. Electronically, everyone just receives a link to read the document.
- rvba 1y agoHappened in Bladerunner too
- senordevnyc 1y agoAnd Fight Club
- serioussecurity 1y agoAnti authoritarian patriots?
- perihelions 1y agoOne source, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/world/asia/nepal-unrest-arson-burn-victims.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/world/asia/nepal-unrest-a... ("Many of the nation’s public records were destroyed in the arson strikes, complicating efforts to provide basic health care")
- hackernewds 1y agoNot sure where you got that info. only physical documents were burned (intentionally by the incumbents you could argue) however the digital backups were untouched