For my non-tech followers, specifically my activist followers, you should know that the entire tech industry has been freaking out for the last 36 hours because pretty much all computers are now totally fucked.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
what's the news? sorry just not up on what's happening
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Replying to @bog_mummy
A processor-level bug common to a staggering number of processors (ie almost all intel processors from 1995 on) has been discovered that in theory allows an attacker into the rendering of a process, among other things. Basically they can read what your system is displaying.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @bog_mummy
It's not just Intel. Spectre is scarier and affects basically all out-of-order-execution cpu designs including modern ARM (Android & iOS phones), AMD, even some RISC-Vs.
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Replying to @RichFelker @bog_mummy
Is that confirmed? Last I read, the researchers hadn't tested it that far.
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AMD only confirms variation one is in effect (but patches are here) / variation two has near zero risk / variation three has zero risk. Just my 2cents
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"Variant 1" in the P0 blog notation? That's the attack that makes any kind of JIT'd embedded language (JS, Lua, etc.) unsafe and is probably the most likely to be exploited in the wild right away.
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Rich Felker Retweeted Rich Felker
For Firefox users, this should largely mitigate it for now:https://twitter.com/RichFelker/status/948963143195267073 …
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Replying to @RichFelker @io_r_us and
Is the web browser the only attack vector if this bug us used? Do you need this even if a patch is installed or is it just a work around?
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