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If you had to access an unfamiliar flash drive (or other data storage), what safety precautions would you take? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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The safest option is obvious, don't try to access its contents, but if you absolutely had to, what steps would you take to minimize/contain any potential harm to your device/network?

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[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 34 points 2 months ago

A computer I don't like very much, booted into some sort of Linux live environment, and zero network connectivity to anything: physically disabled if at all possible (like I mean a switch, not prying your wifi chipset out or whatever).