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olalonde
1y ago
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Probably because government regulations require it. I know it's a requirement for AML/KYC which many of these companies are subject to.
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BoredPositron
1y ago
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Maybe but why are they still hot?
threecheese
1y ago
They have to be hot, otherwise they couldn’t monetize that data in every other way.
olalonde
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1y ago
Hot?
BoredPositron
1y ago
Backblaze has a nice blog post about it.
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/whats-the-diff-hot-and-cold-d...
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