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Canadian Spying Case Proves Floppy Drive Isn't Dead Yet

Posted by timothy on from the who-spies-on-canada?! dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The details of a Canadian spying case are coming to light, including the method of copying the sensitive data from the 'secured' computer linking five countries and the Russian handlers: Copy Data into Notepad; Save File to Floppy Drive; USB Key; ???; Profit! For $3000/mo in prepaid credit cards and wire transfers."

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  1. Risk mitigation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    TO ALL EMPLOYEES:

    Effective immediately, all documents must be at least 1.46 MB in size.

    - The mgmt

    P.S. Nobody even THINK about installing PKZIP, k?

  2. Re:What secrets do the Canadians have? Maple syrup by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 3, Funny

    Spying on Sarah Palin's house.

  3. Re:What secrets do the Canadians have? Maple syrup by mister_playboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Although, you could have mentioned how we kicked Yankee arse in 1812.....

    Canada wasn't a country until 1867.

    We'll liberate you yet, don't worry. Most of you have placed yourself in easy reach along the border already... :)

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    Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law ::: Love is the law, love under will
  4. Re:So... by jd2112 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The AutoCAD file for the Death Star must have been humongous. Transmiting a file that large would have exceeded their data caps.

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    Any insufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.