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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoEasier than a date stamp on a digital file? No.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoEasier than a file’s checksum? Yes.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNobody writing laws knows what a checksum is.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoI’ve been thinking that for 30 years. Nothing yet. They’re actually getting worse.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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.
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.
Depends, but fair point.