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@Masimatutu@mander.xyz to Memes@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

Floppy disks were high-tech weapons once

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Floppy disks were high-tech weapons once

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@Masimatutu@mander.xyz to Memes@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago
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  • @SuperIce@lemmy.world
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    21•2 years ago

    Doing a bit of research online, my info is slightly out of date. They used floppy disks from 1968 to 2019. In 2019, they migrated from the old 8 inch floppy to “highly secure solid-state storage”. They don’t specify what type of solid state storage they actually use now though.

    Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/nuclear-weapons-floppy-disks.html

    • @Daqu@feddit.de
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      14•2 years ago

      3.5" is much more solid than 8" floppies.

      • @Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world
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        2•2 years ago

        Fair point

    • @mlg@lemmy.world
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      9•2 years ago

      “Highly secure solid-state storage”

      Probably used the same encryption scheme on an SD card adapter that plugs directly into the floppy drive lol.

      • @gizmonicus@sh.itjust.works
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        4•2 years ago

        Like one of those old cassette tapes with a headphone cable when MP3 players first came out and cars didn’t have adapters? Lol

    • @Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world
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      2•2 years ago

      Thanks this makes me feel (a bit) more secure…

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