Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Floppies - Actual Question Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 21:10:14 +0200 Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <10b0i4g$3j4qf$10@dont-email.me> <10b1krp$3tbca$4@dont-email.me> <10b4ekb$jqe8$5@dont-email.me> <10c3arg$111ce$1@dont-email.me> <95ogrlxsru.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net piD3vzbshKHk2UsT4ZxiHwks77PD0JI6CY0F3+N5Jz7/oCiwai X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:BdIv7MIvbdg6sXE/Wx8FIwuyw3I= sha256:TOwoyhikDJplqYD+zWtVKR6nV9sV1Dp8w+DsDbzY+Z4= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75848 On 2025-10-09 08:44, c186282 wrote: > On 10/8/25 08:14, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2025-10-08 14:10, Stefan Ram wrote: >>> "Carlos E.R." wrote or quoted: >>>> There was no urban legend in those years, floppies were a recent >>>> invention. We simply did not know. We invented the urban legends. >>> >>>    Some people around here are walking around with those >>>    RFID cards today, and they're thinking about wrapping >>>    them in aluminum foil to make it harder to scan them. >> >> You can buy wallets that claim to be shielded. For NFC. > >   Mag HDDs generally come wrapped in heavily >   metal coated plastic. I saved those wrappers. > >   One large piece in the outside fold of the >   wallet, and a secondary pouch for the little >   space where the cards reside. > >   Maybe not necessary, but can't hurt. I sometimes put a bit of aluminum foil there, but it doesn't last a month. Your idea seems better. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;