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When data loss feels like losing yourself

My backup drive failed and I lost ten years of photos and I feel like I have lost pieces of my memory and identity.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital memories become so integrated with personal identity that their loss creates genuine grief and a sense of existential disruption.

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