Wednesday, May 21, 2014

[gfntgfdq] Interring information

Bury a person with their hard drives, or better, the information transferred to physical media designed for longevity.  This preserves a snapshot (often literally) of the person while they were alive and the world they lived in, symbolically a memorial to their life.  Also download and bury their cloud data.

This might be easier than the typical challenge of permanently storing data because most media tries to balance ease of access with longevity.  In contrast, this application cares only about longevity and considers it very unlikely anyone would want to read the data in the future.

For example, store the information in a case cannot be non-destructively opened, perhaps a hard drive, or paper, embedded in block of wax, then in a sealed metal box.  (Vaguely analogous idea: a book bound on all four sides.)

The problem of reading it is left to future generations of grave robbers/archaeologists.  Though that might occur sooner rather than later if information still valuable to contemporary enemies is buried.

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