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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by WalterBright on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @07:36PM (#37399313)
I'd sure hate to have my system ransomware compromised, and when I try to restore from a backup drive, the ransomware encrypts it, too, as soon as I plug it in.

I also have, on occasion, flipped the from and to parts of the command to restore from a backup. I'd really like to have a hardware switch to make the drive read-only.

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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by fragmede on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @08:46PM (#37399917)
They exist, but only as very expensive specialty gear for digital forensic investigators.

https://digitalintelligence.com/store

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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by WalterBright on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @10:46PM (#37400796)
> very expensive

Indeed, for a 2 cent switch.

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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by structural on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @08:43AM (#37404289)
These also exist for removable drives (not really any different price compared to normal drives, in wide use) in the govt/defense market, where using a hardware write switch when moving data between airgapped systems in a controlled way is common.
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