Umm... this is satire, right?
If your computer is off... it’s off. Your hard disks require electricity to run. If the computer is off, regardless of network connectivity, nothing can be read or written, even sleep-state RAM.
Yes, I even used the humor tag, but I wanted to have some fun during a very serious time.
A little levity will help us all keep our sanity in time like these.
That is why I wrote it the way I did, but still used the humor tag.
It will still be interesting to know how many actually fall for it.
Satire, yes. But the article states:
Yes, if you fail to actually turn the internet off first before you log off
So, yes, turning the PC off will secure your data. However, simply logging off will not do the same thing.
No, this is not satire. This is the real off-button for the internet. IF YOU PRESS IT, YOU WILL SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING, so do not press it.
In your cmos setup routine there is a “startup on com 1 ring” setting that can turn your computer back on if enabled.