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When you don't know who runs archive.is, you can also never know if he sold it to someone else (except if either party publically announces it).
by stormking 10mo ago
When you don't know who runs archive.is, you can also never know if he sold it to someone else (except if either party publically announces it).
- mcphage 10mo agoAnd when the information on archive.is starts getting corrupted, those links can be adjusted or removed.
- Yokolos 10mo agoWho will catch it, when and how?
- stacktrace 10mo agoThis type of possibility really worries me. Archive.is is much closer to actual history in many ways. If the data there starts getting corrupted or biased, there’s no way to know if what was truly there. The idea that the permanent record of the internet could hinge on the ethics of one stranger behind a server rack is deeply unsettling.