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Another Idea

2018-02-27

Computers that only boot off removable media.

It’s genius. You can’t hack a computer that has a complete air-gap between its OS and its hardware while it is off.

OH. ANOTHER IDEA.

Computers that completely turn off, and don’t rely on soft-starting.

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