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krackers · 2024-06-04 21:03:06

If it's wiped then there's no data for them to get?

edsteppy33 | karma 2 | avg karma 0.5 · | 2020-12-14 19:50:53+00:00

to what my dude? is this data still accessible or is it being systematically wiped?

COGlory | karma 5901 | avg karma 5.19 · | 2019-10-14 15:41:54+00:00

No, they'll delete the data and say they have none.

NoraCodes | karma 1821 | avg karma 4.14 · | 2022-10-15 07:43:52

Even if it's wiped?

neuronexmachina | karma 1491 | avg karma 2.98 · | 2017-10-26 23:02:54

They could claim the wipe was to protect voter privacy though, in which case one would expect them to make the data unrecoverable.

jasonkostempski | karma 4129 | avg karma 2.61 · | 2016-07-15 21:51:06+00:00

I doubt they actually deleted the data.

tedmiston | karma 6817 | avg karma 1.59 · | 2021-02-08 17:56:52+00:00

Their About page suggests that it's just that the data will be deleted.

5teev | karma 312 | avg karma 2.08 · | 2012-07-28 15:59:00

As the article indicates, the data wasn't destroyed, just obscured. Maybe equivalent for some users, but somewhat overstating things, especially here.

throwaway2048 | karma 9048 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2017-07-12 02:25:29+00:00

I highly doubt it and derived data are actually deleted, it merely stops you from being able to view it.

davidjgraph | karma 3672 | avg karma 8.96 · | 2015-09-30 11:59:14+00:00

I don't quite follow your point. We didn't lose their data, we never had it.

sudosu12 | karma 1 | avg karma 0.2 · | 2018-10-17 01:49:27+00:00

what if they lose data ?

mtberatwork | karma 1744 | avg karma 3.37 · | 2018-05-01 21:45:53+00:00

Doubtful they will destroy data. Instead, it will most likely be a flag that's flipped to indicate "deleted" status.

ntumlin | karma 970 | avg karma 5.61 · | 2015-02-24 18:49:13

That's assuming they actually delete the data though.

jasonjayr | karma 3925 | avg karma 4.18 · | 2018-08-21 13:41:54+00:00

They'd lose their source of data

TheHappyOddish | karma 350 | avg karma 0.65 · | 2023-09-29 06:13:42

How so? No data is destroyed, just kept private.

Sheep_McSheepy | karma 28 | avg karma 4.67 · | 2019-05-02 19:13:11+00:00

Cannot comment in too much detail as not sure how much information is public but tape backups are also in scope for wipeout and user data is removed from them.

misingnoglic | karma 417 | avg karma 2.23 · | 2019-03-14 17:00:11

No way that data isn't already destroyed...

joosters | karma 15062 | avg karma 4.78 · | 2018-03-19 17:23:16+00:00

This is Uber, who designed systems for remotely wiping entire offices when they thought that the data might be called for by the authorities.

Perhaps there will be unexpected 'issues' meaning that such data will have been lost in this case.

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PopeRigby | karma 66 | avg karma 3.0 · | 2019-12-09 01:56:06+00:00

They're most likely deleting it. There's not much point in them hosting all that data when it costs money to do so.

polarix | karma 658 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2013-12-09 08:50:59+00:00

They are probably not explicitly lying about what information they retain. If they say they deleted it, well, it's probably at least inaccessible to production systems.