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If things look awful c-c-cold on social networks and you no longer dig what we all say online, Kaspersky Labs have cooked up a novel software-as-a-service product that will let back up your accounts before you decide to you f-f-f-fade away. Dubbed “FFForget” and promised to launch as a “closed beta in early 2017”, the free …

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  1. tony2heads
    Joke

    Who needs it?

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Who needs it?

      Seriously, am I missing something here?

      I guess that:

      • Occasional social media users probably don't care about the few messages/photos they posted;

      • Heavy social media users won't think about erasing their profiles;

      • Heavy social media users who worry about backups already use one of the mentioned tools;

      • Me and other grampas are thinking "social what now?".

      Who is the intended target? Gubmints?

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      1. Mark 85
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        Re: Who needs it?

        I think we'd be surprised at how many people think that social media and the Internet, etc. is forever. I have a friend who's Instagram account got hacked and the hacker/script kiddie wiped out everything. When she finally got control back, Instagram had diddly-squat that they could restore. She was rather upset as all her precious photos were gone. Back-up... she heard of it vaguely somewhere..... but still deleted the photos from her PC after uploading...

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    2. uncommon_sense
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      Re: Who needs it?

      >Twitter backup

      Whats next, a backup for the John, seeing as the content is comparable?

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  2. Doctor Syntax Silver badge

    So you're backing up from one on-line service to another, not to somewhere under your own control. Why? Oh, I see - cloudz.

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  3. Potemkine Silver badge

    My (very old) generation

    Is there anyone below 40 who get the pun? ^^

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  4. Alistair
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    @ Potemkine:

    I doubt it.

    I'll check the pinball arcade.

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    1. MrDamage Silver badge
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      The deaf, dumb, blind kid knows what's going on.

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  5. User McUser

    Fee Structure Unclear

    For US$1.99 a month you'll be able to back up all four.

    So you pay $1.99/mo forever or they delete the backups?

    Or do you pay $1.99 for each month's worth of Data you backup?

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