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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 months 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 Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoOkay, so what gets permanently “owned?” The BIOS on the motherboard, the CPU? is the GPU also hosed?
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThe CPU is hosed. I assume the throw away is in reference to laptops or mini PCs where the CPU isn’t socketed.
minus-squarearefx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoYeah the Intel issue is definitely a bigger problem. Imo.
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.