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On 31/01/2012, Michael Biel wrote: > This story shows the unexpected fallout to potentially 50 million > innocent people because of the Megauploads case. Note that it is two > data storage companies, Carpathia Hosting Inc. and Cogent > Communications Group Inc., that will be the ones discarding the > personal and company files of private users because they have not > gotten payments from Megauploads due to frozen bank accounts. > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46190158/ns/technology_and_science-security/#.TycwlvmCq-s > "Feds: Megaupload user data could be gone Thursday 50 million users > may lose data, including family photos, says Megaupload lawyer > 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." > > While it might not be archives which have been using questionable > companies like Megauploads, it shows that some legit data hosting > companies might be quick on the trigger to delete files if a payment > goes astray. > It was always foolish to trust the only copy of a file to a server that you don't control. Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]