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Comment by brendoelfrendo

15 hours ago

A computer is only secure if it remains powered off and airgapped.

Turn off your computer and make sure it powers down

Drop it in a 43-foot hole in the ground

Bury it completely, rocks and boulders should be fine

  • > rocks and boulders should be fine

    You’re setting yourself up for a supply chain attach here if you trust whatever rocks and boulders are sitting around. A well resourced adversary may have placed power supply boulders and wifi rocks in your back yard.

    • I keep a large supply of thermite on-hand just to make sure that the computer is completely burned every day after it gets dropped into the pit.

      Tomorrow is a new day.

  • Straight Outta Lynwood was a great album. One of the CDs that I took out of my case the most often as a struggling nerdling who was still a year or two away from having scrounged up enough spare cash for a secondhand iPod.

  • Virus alert! I've also burned all of my clothes I may have worn any time I was online.