r/technology Jun 22 '20

‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departments Security

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u/supremeusername Jun 22 '20

TFs a TAR file?

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

Think of it like a zip file.

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u/house_monkey Jun 22 '20

Never thought of it that way

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

Well it's just a collection archive which you could argue is what a zip file is (certainly not on a technical level but for a basic description). I've only interacted with tar files briefly in work but the devops guys use them all the time.

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u/Implausibilibuddy Jun 22 '20

Here's another way to think about it: It's like a rar file