Digital hoarding: All for keeps


  • TECH
  • Monday, 12 Aug 2019

Neave defines digital hoarding as the over-accumulation of digital files to the extent that it can become problematic and lead to disorganisation and distress. — 123rf.com

Nur Izzaty Shaifullizan has almost 20,000 photos and videos on her smartphone. She has two external hard disks, one which has already reached its 1TB capacity, and another that’s almost hitting the 500GB mark. On top of that, she subscribes to a 50GB Cloud storage service at RM3.90 a month.

“I need to buy another drive soon,” says the 23-year-old university student who started her media collection since her schooling days.

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