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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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 …Show this thread -
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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As a beginner I found this stuff about using Powershell to check for vulnerabilities very useful. After applying windows updates I still get lots of red items meaning I have to hope my PC manufacturer will issue a BIOS update... https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-check-and-update-windows-systems-for-the-meltdown-and-spectre-cpu-flaws/ …
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I found this thread by
@nicoleperlroth to be extremely helpful.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Really interesting and fairly accessible. There are obviously things I don’t want to know about processor architecture ;-)
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