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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

NSA Claims It Can’t Watch a Tape It Recorded in the 1980s

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NSA Claims It Can’t Watch a Tape It Recorded in the 1980s

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

The agency is sitting on a piece of computer history, but won’t release it because it doesn’t have the right kind of tape player.

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Which also gives them another idea on how to deny FOIA request?
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  The hard drive with the information is on a very high shelf and you cannot force us to buy a ladder.
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    Also, it is a proprietary ladder that match our shelving system, and they don’t make it anymore.

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