▲ 392 ▼ Japan prefectures drift away from posting disaster warnings on X (www.japantimes.co.jp) submitted 3 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 30 comments fedilink hide all child comments A growing number of prefectures have stopped posting disaster warnings on the platform due to limits on the number of free posts allowed.
[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Right? They’re still using floppy disks and fax machines. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shirahara@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Fax machines are one of the main ways of communications there. I guess floppy disks are indeed partly used at municipal offices yet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 2 points 3 years ago Oh, very much so. There was a big news story about two years ago where a police officer lost a floppy disk that had a bunch of people’s personal information on it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shirahara@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Fax machines are one of the main ways of communications there. I guess floppy disks are indeed partly used at municipal offices yet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 2 points 3 years ago Oh, very much so. There was a big news story about two years ago where a police officer lost a floppy disk that had a bunch of people’s personal information on it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 2 points 3 years ago Oh, very much so. There was a big news story about two years ago where a police officer lost a floppy disk that had a bunch of people’s personal information on it. permalink fedilink source parent