▲ 975 ▼ Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more (www.pcworld.com) submitted 3 years ago by theunmentionable@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 159 comments fedilink hide all child comments Oh no.
[+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 27 points 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) Fair enough, probably was hyperbole :) But performance does seem to be a higher priority than security; they can always spin PR after the next exploit, after all, users already have the CPU in their system, they've made their money; what are users really gonna do if an issue comes up after they've bought their box? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) What they will do is not buy from that company again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but we live in cpu monopoly. Intel and Amd Both companies put backdoors and all sort of shit in their cpus. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Im out of the loop with those. Are Arm and socs viable alternative for home computing? Last time I checked I could not build a pc with Arm. Post above is right intel and amd are dominating home user market. I have a macbook air m1 and this arm chips is imo just amazing. No fan no issues, fast as fuck. Id like to build a pc with arm. Maybe when Linux and windows show more support for arm64? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dack@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Linux supports ARM64 very well. Windows also has had ARM support for a quite a while. The main obstacles are 3rd party binary software (particularly on Windows) and lack of available hardware. permalink fedilink source parent [+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) Fair enough, probably was hyperbole :) But performance does seem to be a higher priority than security; they can always spin PR after the next exploit, after all, users already have the CPU in their system, they've made their money; what are users really gonna do if an issue comes up after they've bought their box? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) What they will do is not buy from that company again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but we live in cpu monopoly. Intel and Amd Both companies put backdoors and all sort of shit in their cpus. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Im out of the loop with those. Are Arm and socs viable alternative for home computing? Last time I checked I could not build a pc with Arm. Post above is right intel and amd are dominating home user market. I have a macbook air m1 and this arm chips is imo just amazing. No fan no issues, fast as fuck. Id like to build a pc with arm. Maybe when Linux and windows show more support for arm64? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dack@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Linux supports ARM64 very well. Windows also has had ARM support for a quite a while. The main obstacles are 3rd party binary software (particularly on Windows) and lack of available hardware. permalink fedilink source parent [+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) What they will do is not buy from that company again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but we live in cpu monopoly. Intel and Amd Both companies put backdoors and all sort of shit in their cpus. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Im out of the loop with those. Are Arm and socs viable alternative for home computing? Last time I checked I could not build a pc with Arm. Post above is right intel and amd are dominating home user market. I have a macbook air m1 and this arm chips is imo just amazing. No fan no issues, fast as fuck. Id like to build a pc with arm. Maybe when Linux and windows show more support for arm64? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dack@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Linux supports ARM64 very well. Windows also has had ARM support for a quite a while. The main obstacles are 3rd party binary software (particularly on Windows) and lack of available hardware. permalink fedilink source parent [+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but we live in cpu monopoly. Intel and Amd Both companies put backdoors and all sort of shit in their cpus. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Im out of the loop with those. Are Arm and socs viable alternative for home computing? Last time I checked I could not build a pc with Arm. Post above is right intel and amd are dominating home user market. I have a macbook air m1 and this arm chips is imo just amazing. No fan no issues, fast as fuck. Id like to build a pc with arm. Maybe when Linux and windows show more support for arm64? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dack@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Linux supports ARM64 very well. Windows also has had ARM support for a quite a while. The main obstacles are 3rd party binary software (particularly on Windows) and lack of available hardware. permalink fedilink source parent [+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Im out of the loop with those. Are Arm and socs viable alternative for home computing? Last time I checked I could not build a pc with Arm. Post above is right intel and amd are dominating home user market. I have a macbook air m1 and this arm chips is imo just amazing. No fan no issues, fast as fuck. Id like to build a pc with arm. Maybe when Linux and windows show more support for arm64? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dack@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Linux supports ARM64 very well. Windows also has had ARM support for a quite a while. The main obstacles are 3rd party binary software (particularly on Windows) and lack of available hardware. permalink fedilink source parent [+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Im out of the loop with those. Are Arm and socs viable alternative for home computing? Last time I checked I could not build a pc with Arm. Post above is right intel and amd are dominating home user market. I have a macbook air m1 and this arm chips is imo just amazing. No fan no issues, fast as fuck. Id like to build a pc with arm. Maybe when Linux and windows show more support for arm64? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dack@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Linux supports ARM64 very well. Windows also has had ARM support for a quite a while. The main obstacles are 3rd party binary software (particularly on Windows) and lack of available hardware. permalink fedilink source parent [+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dack@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Linux supports ARM64 very well. Windows also has had ARM support for a quite a while. The main obstacles are 3rd party binary software (particularly on Windows) and lack of available hardware. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent