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Re: Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks

From	Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject	Re: Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks
Date	2024-07-14 23:14 +0300
Organization	An impatient and LOUD arachnid
Message-ID	<sm0a5ijybma.fsf@lakka.kapsi.fi> (permalink)
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JAB <noway@nochance.com> writes:

> Some of the reluctance does seem to stem from paper secure, e-mail
> insecure though. So recently my better half had to print a document
> out, sign and scan it and then e-mail it back. What's the point in
> that?

I actually got a cheapo printer/scanner/copier a few years back since
both me and my wife happened to have a need to do just that, dealing
with some bureaucracy.

I believe here in Finland it's because of laws that govern the public
sector and what they can accept and what the current interpretation of
those laws is. Companies aren't under such regulation and here often use
digital signature services backed with strong authentication.

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Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-07-03 18:25 -0700
  Re: Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks "Werner P." <werpu@gmx.at> - 2024-07-04 12:58 +0200
    Re: Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-07-04 11:06 -0400
      Re: Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-07-06 12:45 +0200
        Re: Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-07-06 20:54 -0400
          Re: Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-07-07 08:35 +0100
            Re: Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2024-07-14 23:14 +0300
              Re: Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-07-15 14:29 +0100
                Re: Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-07-15 07:48 -0700
                Re: Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-15 13:29 -0500
                Re: Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-07-21 11:10 +0100
                Re: Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-15 13:27 -0500

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