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Originally Posted by haertig
Since you eventually power the computer up and use it, this probably isn't doing much to protect your privacy/security. But it is a good thing to do to protect your computer from power surges and other electrical issues (when it's not in use). Make sure to also unplug cables that connect the computer to other equipment - network cables, USB cables going to printers, external hard drives (that have their own power plug), audio cables going to powered speakers, etc.
I don't go to these extremes myself, but if I did, I'd consider using a laptop plugged into a docking station so everything - power, external monitor, external keyboard, peripherals - could be disconnected/reconnected quickly and easily.
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Some good suggestions
I did forget to say the desktop is very rarely connected to the internet (it has no internal wifi so uses a dongle which is unplugged) as it's only purpose is to run my Calibre library (I briefly connect it when importing books that are DRM protected)
Of course the very fact I'm using Linux adds a layer of identity protection in itself, plus I don't use any services that are known for excessive data collection, I also use Librewolf web browser and Ublock origin to protect against cookies etc, I should probably look at using a VPN as well, but I don't really know how these work so I need to read up on this.