The game is security isn’t it? No online means you must have physical access to some servers
Comment on Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 2 months agoWhat would they use Word for? This is about submitting data made with standard programs in tiny files.
The real crime is that they’re not switching to online. Using optical discs is going to be even more ridiculous for those tiny files.
RippleEffect@lemm.ee 2 months ago
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Sure, but forcing an entire country to go through physical handling of each and every request is crazy. I really don’t understand how they managed for so long.
RippleEffect@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Do we know what the scale was? I would assume it’s only for the systems that are required to be air gapped.
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 2 months ago
No, unfortunately. 🙂 They’re not talking about secure paths inside the office, they’re taking about having all their processes using the floppy disks. They have a common format which is proprietary and can only be made with a proprietary PC program and can only be submitted on floppy disks.
kevindqc@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ah that makes more sense, the article didn’t mention what was stored on them unless I missed it