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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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 …
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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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#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!3 replies 13 retweets 51 likesShow this thread -
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Sysadmins are the unsung heroes of computer security.
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