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Re:Intel Confronts Potential ‘PR Nightmare’ With Reported Ch... by 0x0 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @11:06AM (#16062109)
Or maybe random javascript in the browser can stroll upon your ssh private key in the kernel's file cache... and so on.
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Re:Intel Confronts Potential ‘PR Nightmare’ With Reported Ch... by mikeash on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @11:10AM (#16062147)
Excellent point, I didn't think about the implications for stuff like JavaScript.
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