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Re:Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life by taspeotis on Monday November 18, 2019 @07:50AM (#21563887)
Yeah, I've been buying Intel for years but just today I installed some Intel software and it asked me to join their "Computing Improvement Program." Part of the program? Send the "categories of websites you visit" back to Intel, among other things. [1]. They're really trying my patience with the semi-constant stream of Speltdown-like issues.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21563871

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Re:Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life by jacquesm on Monday November 18, 2019 @08:06AM (#21563963)
They're worried that you visit HackerNews, AMD.com and Phoronix. Intel should focus on getting their house in order and produce better hardware rather than to spy on their users.
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Re:Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life by xvector on Monday November 18, 2019 @06:00PM (#21569061)
Non-option, half of Intel's business is spying on users. Who would they sell the backdoors for IME to otherwise?
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Re:Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life by that_jojo on Monday November 18, 2019 @08:57AM (#21564304)
TBF, I'm fairly certain that only certain types of breads are affected by the speltdown issue
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Re:Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life by newswasboring on Monday November 18, 2019 @11:56AM (#21565873)
What is this "speltdown like issues"? I googled but found nothing.
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Re:Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life by nix0n on Monday November 18, 2019 @11:59AM (#21565899)
Probably Meltdown and Spectre, but I've never seen the two of them abbreviated in this particular way.
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Re:Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life by eyegor on Monday November 18, 2019 @01:17PM (#21566653)
To add to the other commenters, gp is likely also referring to the MDS issues, of which there are many. Here's a decent link (highlighted the latest major one): https://mdsattacks.com/#ridl-ng
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