this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2024
34 points (94.7% liked)

Technology

954 readers
48 users here now

A tech news sub for communists

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
34
Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks (www.theverge.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's honestly more secure than cellular, bluetooth or even via USB updates. Optical media is less volatile, but if a floppy can validated with a checksum it's probably fine.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

I imagine any physical format would be fine to be honest.