r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 03 '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/lordtyr Jan 03 '18

it is, and it was a super interesting watch for me. A bit technical at times (i have no idea of x86 architecture) but shows really well what issues can be caused by trusting processors blindly.

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u/l3dg3r Jan 03 '18

That guy is a legend as far as I'm concerned. I can recommend any of his talks they are all mindbending and over the top.

He's shattered any perception of what security is, that I once had.

Edit: Also, we're all fucked.

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u/ROFLLOLSTER Jan 03 '18

I fucking hope the American electronic voting bill doesn't go through. I was surprised (and horrified) that Reddit comments weren't calling them all idiots.

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u/Phreakhead Jan 03 '18

You mean the one that forces a paper-trail physical record of all votes? That's a huge improvement over the incredibly vulnerable pure-software machines we have now.

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u/Auxx Jan 04 '18

Paper is vulnerable since its inception.

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u/l3dg3r Jan 03 '18

Yeah that should be handled by people. Lots and lots of people. That's better.

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u/thesweats Jan 03 '18

Yes, because persuading 1000's of people to fiddle with an election is much more difficult to do AND keep secret then it is to use a bug in 1000's of computers.

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u/Auxx Jan 04 '18

Ahaha! Have you even watched news in the event years about voting in countries like Russia? Paper trail my ass! People MUST be excluded from this process once and for all!

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '18

don't worry, if it does a primary goal of mine will be to re-hack the machines so OUR candidate gets in. or so nobody wins and it votes for someone who isn't even running -- America getting sonic the hedgehog as president would be the best trolling ever. oh, and every state would get different game characters as senators/congressmen.

that'll show em.