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The floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping block (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 30 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Ah yes, just how sensitive information should be sent. In clear text over the internet.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not in clear text, you have to use a decent OCR

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Or you can just read it directly. Just need some light.

It's actually better than plain text stored on a Hard Drive/ CD/ Floppy et c., which requires corresponding reading devices, format parsing systems, a display to show it and an appropriate power source, after which you can consider using a human to use the data (or remove the monitor and convert data into other data, in which case, you need another output device/network).

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Needing a human in the loop kills automation.

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'd rather not automate convicting random people.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/22/google-csam-account-blocked

Besides, what I said earlier would be more of a concern for preservation of information in case of civilisation level disasters.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

No, we're automating HIPAA violations for nefarious purposes. Do try to keep up.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

In principle none of that data should leave the phone line. Dunno whether carriers encrypt VoIP but in any case it shouldn't leak into the internet. Back in the days it was considered secure because in practice it's indeed similarly secure as a letter: In organisational terms, yes, in computer science terms, hell no.

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can encrypt emails, we’ve been doing it for decades. It’s easier to compromise faxes than encrypted emails

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago

The message I was responding to uses fax.