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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jan 2018

      If you're an ordinary user worried about #meltdown and #spectre exploits: the usual guidelines apply. Update your software and use an ad-blocker. The lessons here important. Performance and security are inevitably in tension, and in my view, it is past time we chose security.

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jan 2018

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ben Adida

      Also, Yahoo didn't choose security, and hundreds of millions got hacked, and Yahoo acquisition price tanked. Hopefully, we are past needing more wake-up calls. (*laughs*.. *cries*)https://twitter.com/benadida/status/948991695374270469 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Ben Adida @benadida
      Replying to @zeynep
      In some ways AMD chose security, and the market didn’t reward that.
      2 replies 14 retweets 53 likes
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jan 2018

      It may or may not have practical impacts, but the way some anti-virus software is blocking or slowing these critical security updates should also be a wake-up call. Security has to come from architecturally as deeply as possible; add-ons can actually make things worse.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jan 2018

      #meltdown and #spectre probably ruined a lot of vacations, as vendors and sysadmins rushed to patch after forced early disclosure. Not the first time. These people are holding dikes from bursting. Ask your sysadmin or vendor if they patched over the "break": they deserve thanks!

      11:05 AM - 4 Jan 2018
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jan 2018

          Also, who named these exploits? The names are 🔥🔥🔥 and so correctly evocative of the issues raised by the two different but related structural issues. Spectre haunting all modern chips... The Intel meltdown... Sometimes geek poetry is real poetry. :-D

          4 replies 25 retweets 131 likes
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jan 2018

          This is a fairly accessible explanation of #meltdown by @pwnallthethings. (Yes, it has a tiny bit of code but you can follow along if this stuff interests you). #Spectre is more subtle; will post if I find an accessible explainer. https://medium.com/@pwnallthethings/time-travelling-exploits-with-meltdown-1189548f1e1d …pic.twitter.com/9cRWfPnSVB

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jan 2018

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted April King  🌀

          Update, folks. Update your software. Best defense. Lots of people are working hard to rollout #spectre #meltdown mitigations. (Many updates were out much earlier! But no protection till you update!)https://twitter.com/aprilmpls/status/949053354642235392 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          April King  🌀 @CubicleApril
          This is a public service announcement that Firefox 57.0.4 has just been released. It contains mitigations for the Spectre and Meltdown timing attacks, so please update your installations as soon as possible.
          7 replies 190 retweets 278 likes
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Jan 2018

          Just tried to describe #Spectre to a completely non-technical person, finally ended up saying it’s like, umm, platform 9¾ on King’s Cross. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯pic.twitter.com/czMiMpa23W

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        2. Steven M. Bellovin‏Verified account @SteveBellovin 4 Jan 2018
          Replying to @zeynep

          Sysadmins are the unsung heroes of computer security.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jan 2018
          Replying to @SteveBellovin

          exactly!

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jan 2018
          Replying to @robxeff

          Yeah Jan 9 was planned date but it is hard to pull off... That's just the way it works, often.

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