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I work at a facility where all web browsing must be done through a remote desktop session to a server connected to the exterior network, which is reimaged regularly.

Unfortunately they don't keep software fully up to date on the remote desktop server, so the security benefits are lessened. But malicious websites have no way of stealing your secret files.

Unless there is a bug in your remote desktop client that can be exploited by a compromised server...

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