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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@moyix’s analogy of it being like someone getting mad at you for something you did in a dreamThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I've mostly been borrowing this explanation for friends and family :)https://twitter.com/securelyfitz/status/949004862968143873 …
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How about this: "Spectre is like someone listening to the noises the engine of your car makes, and determining from the RPMs what the driver is doing"
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And that's why I like you. I mean, ya know, professionally ;p
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I call it a magic wand that let's you invisibly walk through walls in an apartment building.....
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“fix for specter: change CPU hardware” got to love that.
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You should have told them that it's just phantom trolleys in the cloud, armed with hammers. https://www.xkcd.com/1938/
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Have you seen this? https://twitter.com/ronmadeira/status/949426173645238273 …
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