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Re:Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware by cuckcuckspruce on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:21PM (#14547226)
How is a machine with a network connection 'airgapped'?
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Re:Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware by jakeva on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:31PM (#14547324)
Not op but my reading was that it is airgapped from the other machines in the household, possibly on a secondary network interface. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Re:Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware by bronson on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @03:04PM (#14547600)
But... that's not an airgap.

Has the original meaning of the word been lost?

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Re:Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware by mtkd on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @03:32PM (#14547856)
bad phrase - it's on another segment
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Re:Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware by tajen on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:29PM (#14548332)
His backup HDD is airgapped, I assumed. Maybe rather he wipes and reinstalls, making it relatively impossible for malware to stay.
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