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dickthegrouch

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5. I hope they have good backups.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 02:31 PM

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They haven't changed the law yet!
That is going to be a prosecutable offense again very soon.

On the other hand, as a computer professional I have still managed to delete the wrong thing by accident on several occasions, may the government's recoveries of such deleted data be much easier than mine were. Unless it's palantir or ICE data, they can lose everything and I won't shed any tears.

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