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Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks (japantoday.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (7 children)

If it works well for the job that it's tasked to perform, why change it? It's got the added benefit of being an unintentional security feature now too, as very few others will even have a drive for reading them. Sort of like how manual transmissions are much less likely to be stolen now.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is a great point, but it probably doesn't do the job as well as more modern alternatives.

  1. Easy to lose, possible data leak concerns.
  2. Easy to retain data that should have been deleted.
  3. Easy to lose data if a disk gets lost or damaged.
  4. Likely wastes time when trying to track down the disk you need to getting someone to transfer it.
  5. Lack of access logs and auditing capabilities.
  6. Easy way for viruses to spread.

Modern IT managed file servers solve a lot of real problems when well-managed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

All of those are true of even smaller USB drives (which has been a problem here).

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