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The Data That Can Outlive Humanity

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Every storage medium comes with caveats—there may never be a ‘forever’ solution.

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Data storage is getting more reliable every year, but if that causes concern over whether or not you’ll be able to protect yourself by destroying sensitive data, worry not: even the most advanced technologies of the future will crumble with the strike of a hammer.

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