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Circuit Chuckles · Daily comic

Clean Desk Policy

Published Monday, 31 August 2026 · By Security.io

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Glitch audits a clean desk policy while Rusty washes the desk and leaves confidential papers hanging on a clothesline to dry.

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Rusty interprets the clean desk policy as literally cleaning the desk while exposing confidential documents.

Transcript

Accessible reading order
  1. Panel 1 — Glitch: Did you follow the clean desk policy?
  2. Panel 2 — Rusty: Almost finished.
  3. Panel 3 — Glitch: Why are the files hanging there?
  4. Panel 4 — Rusty: The desk is clean. The secrets are air-drying.