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		IYasha on Sept 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan declares war on floppy disks for government ... Yes, the sound! It's a very important security factor, allowing you to spot suspicious activity. I still use HDDs for important data for that reason too.

TingPing on Sept 3, 2022 [–]

Going by sound is not even helpful. A modern filesystem can log file access which is actually valuable for auditing.

IYasha on Sept 4, 2022 | | [–]

When some ransomware start eating through your data - this IS helpful. In this case all OS monitoring capabilities are most likely disabled.

NavinF on Sept 3, 2022 | | [–]

I assume GP was being sarcastic

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