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File-hosting services log retention

The topic is about the retention policies of file-hosting services and how they affect the availability of logs and timestamps for investigations.

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Jan 7, 2026

is it common for file hosting sites' ip logs to be missing timestamps or other crucial metadata months after an incident when law enforcement potentially discover it

It is not categorically normal for file-hosting services to present missing timestamps or crucial metadata months after an incident, but it is also not unusually rare: retention policies, storage prac...

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