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Re:Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing info on publi... by tadfisher on Thursday December 30, 2021 @01:39PM (#29739780)
Except security. Floppies can't do anything other than storage, but USB devices can be just about anything.
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Re:Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing info on publi... by glandium on Thursday December 30, 2021 @03:33PM (#29741111)
The story doesn't say much about what kind of computers are used, but the floppy drives could just as well be USB ones...
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