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Tag: US
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Floppy Disks coordinate missile launches.
Good News: US military will no longer use floppy disks to coordinate nuke launches. You’ll probably think this technology is around for many years, since the 70ies or even longer. The article confirms these 8-inch floppy disks have been in use since the 1970ies. You’ll probably also expect this is proven and well tested, and any approach to replace this is well considered.
Well, then the article has bad news for you.
Now, the US strategic command has announced that it has replaced the drives with a “highly-secure solid state digital storage solution,” Lt. Col. Jason Rossi told c4isrnet.com.
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US surveillance makes 'Safe Harbour' data treaty with EU invalid, European court adviser says
15-year-old ‘Safe Harbour’ agreement between the US and EU should not stop data transfers being suspended, legal counsel says
via Telegraph
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Die Definition von Breitband
SZ von 31.Januar 2015, Seite 23:
