Stasi versus NSA
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Stasi versus NSA
How much space would the filing cabinets of the Stasi and the NSA use up, if the NSA would print out their 5 Zettabytes?
Avec un commentaire intéressant de Hillary Shaw de l’Harper Adams University
17 million square kilometres - interesting. Lets say the NSA has files on every man,woman and child on the planet - plus every company, charity, sewing circle, religious body etc etc. Lets say this adds up to 10 billion entities. Then we’re left with 1,700 sq metres of filing cabinets for every such entity. Of course the vast majority of children esp in developing countries have a very sparse data trail as do the sewing circles, the chess clubs, the OAPs in developed countries, the babies, the small corner shops....
I filing cabinet would contain at least 5,000 A4 sheets, and occupy maybe 0.5 square metres maximum.
So what does the FSA have in data terms that would take up 17 million A4 sheets ?
For every entity on the planet, inc my neighbours 4-year old son?
or is Milton Keynes chess club really plotting to take over the world by violent means?
