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Re:New x86 micro-op vulnerability breaks all known Spectre d... by TomSwirly on Saturday May 01, 2021 @07:27AM (#27005367)
It's hard for me to believe that you are typical of the rest of the world.

My guess is that one Tiktok video consumes far more CPU cycles than decrypting dozens of passwords.

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Re:New x86 micro-op vulnerability breaks all known Spectre d... by willis936 on Saturday May 01, 2021 @09:17AM (#27006058)
I don't see how "average users don't do high-security tasks" somehow helps the argument that "high-security tasks are rarely high-intensity tasks".
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