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Originally Posted by gary
Sounds like it has the potential for being the biggest computer vulnerability of all-time.
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At least it's not a remote exploit, Gary, but it could be very ugly. It will certainly be very disruptive.
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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis
Sounds like someone at Intel was a naughty boy...nothing quite like trading off security for performance  |
Hard to tell until details are released (or leaked) but it's usually safer to assume incompetence rather than malice
Not thinking through the security implications of speculative execution would be an easy mistake to make.