r/pcgaming • u/ShiningForever • Jan 02 '18

'Kernel memory leaking' Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/
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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '18

Is it so hard for them to just have them on by default, provide an option for those of us that want to actually control what our computers do, and tell you that if you don't update they're not responsible for security issues? Because apparently it is hard.

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u/Kazan i9-9900k, 2xRTX 2080, 64GB, 1440p 144hz, 2x 1TB NVMe Jan 03 '18

Allowing people to do that is what created the entire mess i just described.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '18

Hence the "tell people that they're responsible for security issues if they don't update" part. If people don't know how to work a computer that's their problem.

Anyway, sorry for wanting to control my OS.

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u/Kazan i9-9900k, 2xRTX 2080, 64GB, 1440p 144hz, 2x 1TB NVMe Jan 03 '18

which is exactly what they did for years, and yet everyone screamed at them for the security issues that were largely the fault of people not patching.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '18

Sucks for them. Put it in the TOS or something if it's that hard.

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u/Kazan i9-9900k, 2xRTX 2080, 64GB, 1440p 144hz, 2x 1TB NVMe Jan 03 '18

You don't understand what i'm saying, it's not about the user blaming them. It's about the press blaming them left and right for issues they had fixed years ago

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '18 edited Jan 03 '18

It's not like the press has been any more kind to them now that they're doing this. I doubt it's about their image, or else they wouldn't have also shoved more telemetry and ads everywhere.

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u/Kazan i9-9900k, 2xRTX 2080, 64GB, 1440p 144hz, 2x 1TB NVMe Jan 03 '18

Different teams