destructdisc@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 days agoApparently Palantir can access the content of social media accounts that were deleted a decade ago.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up1813arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1800arrow-down1imageApparently Palantir can access the content of social media accounts that were deleted a decade ago.lemmy.worlddestructdisc@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square174fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenull_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoThat’s not what’s happening here. Think of a database where nothing is editable. You can only add additional data. So you can’t delete a post you can only add a deleted = true flag. Much easier to keep this kind of database in sync.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoAh gotcha, very bogus. Kinda speaks to how cheap storage is, doesn’t it?
That’s not what’s happening here.
Think of a database where nothing is editable. You can only add additional data. So you can’t delete a post you can only add a deleted = true flag.
Much easier to keep this kind of database in sync.
Ah gotcha, very bogus. Kinda speaks to how cheap storage is, doesn’t it?