Theres been a big push around the globe to ramp up data retention rules, which require various online services to keep all sorts of data on their users for a long time. That this only adds to the pile of data, and often makes it more difficult to find useful data, is never discussed. Also, almost never discussed: whether or not such data retention laws actually help solve crimes. The laws are never discussed, and that this likely puts more people’s private data at risk of being hacked.”]