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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•edit-21 month agotldr: Flaw can give a hacker access to your computer only if they have already bypassed most of the computer’s security. This means continue not going to sketchy sites. Continue not downloading that obviously malicious attachment. Continue not being a dumbass. Proceed as normal. Because if a hacker got that deep your system is already fucked.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-21 month agoIt’s more serious than normal because if your PC ever gets owned, a wipe and reinstall will not remove the exploit. “Nissim sums up that worst-case scenario in more practical terms: “You basically have to throw your computer away.””
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoOkay, so what gets permanently “owned?” The BIOS on the motherboard, the CPU? is the GPU also hosed?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoThe CPU is hosed. I assume the throw away is in reference to laptops or mini PCs where the CPU isn’t socketed.
tldr: Flaw can give a hacker access to your computer only if they have already bypassed most of the computer’s security.
This means continue not going to sketchy sites.
Continue not downloading that obviously malicious attachment.
Continue not being a dumbass.
Proceed as normal.
Because if a hacker got that deep your system is already fucked.
It’s more serious than normal because if your PC ever gets owned, a wipe and reinstall will not remove the exploit.
“Nissim sums up that worst-case scenario in more practical terms: “You basically have to throw your computer away.””
Okay, so what gets permanently “owned?” The BIOS on the motherboard, the CPU? is the GPU also hosed?
The CPU is hosed. I assume the throw away is in reference to laptops or mini PCs where the CPU isn’t socketed.
Yeah the Intel issue is definitely a bigger problem. Imo.
I agree.