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Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks (www.theverge.com)
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[โ€“] landlords_morghulis@lemmygrad.ml 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€“] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 4 months ago

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