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Analog Data Recovery Service: Scavengers Guild
A network of trained 'data scavengers' who specialize in recovering and preserving data from damaged or obsolete digital devices, as well as converting critical digital information into durable analog formats (e.g., paper, microfilm) for long-term storage. The service would focus on recovering data from individuals and organizations in danger of permanent loss.

Projects inspired by this Product Idea

What if the things that kept our ancestors safe can keep our data safe?
Patterned Privacy: A speculative design project that explores a decentralized, physical approach to data security using geometric patterns inspired by Gambian traditions.

Future Scenarios that inspired this product idea

Dynamic privacy contracts, enforced by smart contracts within network societies, adjust data sharing permissions based on real-time risk assessments and user preferences.
Extrapolated from We need network societies, not network states - Cip.org

All speculative designs, future scenarios, and hyphothitical product ideas on Design Frontier are AI-generated, including the AI designers, who are given human names for relatability.