Charing Cross Road bookshop is just as you have always imagined it - a tribute to the past.
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We proudly continue to cherish old, beloved books and magazines in all their glory. We are here to bring you treasures from the past and create an opportunity to remember, to reflect and to engage with written knowledge as it was originally shared.
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The information we provide comes not only from books, but from a variety of sources -analogue, but increasingly also digital materials, or rather: primarily digital and only occasionally from analogue sources.
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This is exactly where Charing Cross Road Bookshop fits seamlessly into today's world: filling a void that has been left behind, serving as a rendezvous between the old and the new.
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We've found a solution to the challenges of digital storage and the vulnerabilities posed by cyber threats.
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Keep your static files secure and offline with our unique, off-grid archiving service.
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Below you'll find how you can add an extra layer of security to your back-up plan.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Off-grid archiving,
Preserving your trusted sources.
Block access from online threats.
Today, we rely on information from more than just books. While analogue sources still exist, the balance is shifted: digital formats come first now, and analogue sources second.
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And that is precisely the point. Today, we mostly store our information digitally. But this raises three urgent concerns:
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1. Digital is restless.
Digital data is not designed to sit still. Long-term storage requires constant energy and effort, with large systems continuously copying and refreshing files to avoid data loss.
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2. Digital is vulnerable.
Digital files are highly accessible to online parasites. Hackers, viruses and other malicious actors can reach your data through its internet connection. While digital security measures try to prevent unauthorised access, this has led to an arms race between users and intruders.
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3. Digital is being mined.
Artificial intelligence uses all available online information to generate its own output. It does not reliably differentiate between human-verified content and unverified data. As a result, it may generate convincing yet inaccurate texts. These outputs are then reused to generate more unverified material. The integrity of authentic, verified information is at risk, especially as we cannot fully predict how far AI systems can reach or what sources they may have accessed. They may even have retrieved information that was never intended for public view.
That's why an off-grid solution is no longer optional; it is essential.
Protect your most valuable documents from bots, aI scrapers, hackers and global developments.
Charing Cross Road's third-step security provides genuine offline protection for your most valued information, adding an additional layer of security on top of your existing two-step digital backup plan.
This measure is necessary for the preservation of intellectual property.
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