A quarantine zone creates time for inspection
Holding something incoming in a controlled place before it reaches production converts an instant decision into a considered one.
Files, updates, media, new devices. The zone is not a magic filter; it is time and a place to look. Its value depends entirely on somebody actually inspecting what lands there, which is the part that quietly lapses.
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