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Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens

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492 points vladyslavfox | 2 comments | 20 Oct 24 15:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.397s | source
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trompetenaccoun ◴[20 Oct 24 15:33 UTC] No.41895988[source]▶
We need archives built on decentralized storage. Don't get me wrong, I really like and support the work Internet Archive is doing, but preserving history is too important to entrust it solely to singular entities, which means singular points of failure.
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MattPalmer1086 ◴[20 Oct 24 16:18 UTC] No.41896389[source]▶
Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe

https://www.lockss.org/

This is a brilliant system relying on a randomised consensus protocol. I wanted to do my info sec dissertation on it, but its security model is extremely well thought out. There wasn't anything I felt I could add to it.

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1. TZubiri ◴[20 Oct 24 18:16 UTC] No.41897330[source]▶
High Costs Makes Lots of Copies Unfeasible
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2. MattPalmer1086 ◴[20 Oct 24 18:24 UTC] No.41897410[source]▶
That was actually one of the key constraints in the LOCKSS system, since it was designed to be run by libraries that don't have big budgets.

The design is really very good.