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Air-gapped computers never connect to outside networks

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When an installation absolutely cannot be compromised, they physically sever it from the rest of the world. These isolated systems have zero outside connections, meaning the only way to attack them is by physically walking into the room with a malicious drive. It is a brilliant, low-tech solution that proves the safest way to exist in the modern age is to simply refuse to participate in it.

Air-gapped computers never connect to outside networks
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