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not sure if i got this right, but it sounds like you experienced some things and you want to share something, but you are telling others how to live instead.

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I agree not to use corporate level stuff for private life. Yourself will forget how to troubleshoot it after 5 years, family will have no idea what to do with it. External encrypted/unencrypted USB drive is really sufficient.

It's more a tale of woe to remind everyone that your technology choices may affect yourself and others in ways that you don't think about up front.

Take what you want from it. Discard what you don't.

i am more of the position of most human generated information should be ephemeral. for instance, i wish this site would let individuals have that need met, alas.

no information is so important to violate others' right to their own property.

so i contribute as little as possible, in the name of "community", per the guidelines.

That information I'm talking about is mostly photos of me and my kids. They might want those. They can choose.

yeah, i mean, that might be meaningful, or not. i have thousands of pictures of my grandparents, great grandparents, etc that none of their kids (or many grandkids, great grandkids, etc) wanted.

seems like, eventually (mostly) no one cares

Yes exactly. I have 2 photos of my grandmother and about an A4 page of text. That's about all I expect to remain of me in 100 years.

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