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America’s nuclear arsenal still runs off of 8-inch floppy discs
- facorreia 12y agoThis has been posted many times here. A reflection: what about this headline makes it so surprising? Is it the size of the floppy discs that supposedly make it less secure? Would it be better if it where 5.25" discs, or 3.5"? Would it necessarily be more secure if it ran on Chinese-made microchips? Like these: http://gizmodo.com/russian-authorities-seize-goods-from-china-implanted-wi-1454035786 http://gizmodo.com/russian-authorities-seize-goods-from-chin... From all the articles about this subject, the response seems to be that the technology used has been thoroughly audited and that it's harder to crack than a "modern" equivalent would be. Thank God it doesn't run openssl.