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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·30 days agoEasier than a date stamp on a digital file? No.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoEasier than a file’s checksum? Yes.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoNobody writing laws knows what a checksum is.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoMaybe it’s time they learn it, 60 years after its introduction, since they’re working in a field that now primarily deals with electronically stored information.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoI’ve been thinking that for 30 years. Nothing yet. They’re actually getting worse.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoIn Germany, they still use Fax machines to share files.
Easier than a date stamp on a digital file? No.
Easier than a file’s checksum? Yes.
Depends, but fair point.
Nobody writing laws knows what a checksum is.
Maybe it’s time they learn it, 60 years after its introduction, since they’re working in a field that now primarily deals with electronically stored information.
I’ve been thinking that for 30 years.
Nothing yet. They’re actually getting worse.
In Germany, they still use Fax machines to share files.