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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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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And what do you do with an old device that works perfectly fine on an older OS but would be slowed down by newer ones? Just buy all new computers and phones?
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Is 11.2.1 the safe update or is it still the risky one?
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Hell no I’m waiting for a jailbreak
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Everyone’s all worried but has a single person be hacked? Or affected?
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Update what? Windows won't install the update, unless the AV has set a Registry key. Ubuntu Linux doesn't have an update yet. Android update - LOL.
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