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Re:Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompression F... by jrockway on Friday February 23, 2024 @10:18AM (#39481603)
Remember that you run a lot of untrusted code on your single-user desktop through Javascript on websites. Javascript can do all those side channel attacks like Spectre and Meltdown.
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Re:Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompression F... by VyseofArcadia on Friday February 23, 2024 @10:28AM (#39481754)
Maybe you do, but some of us use NoScript[0] and whitelist sites we trust.

I'm not affiliated with NoScript. I just think it's insane that we run oodles of code to display web pages.

[0] https://noscript.net/

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Re:Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompression F... by Workaccount2 on Friday February 23, 2024 @12:10PM (#39483272)
Using no-script made me realize how unchained the Internet has become. Sites with upwards of 15 different domains all running whatever JS they want on your machine. Totally insane.
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Re:Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompression F... by bee_rider on Friday February 23, 2024 @10:26AM (#39481704)
There are almost certainly unmitigated Spectre-style bugs hiding in modern hardware. People who don’t block JavaScript by default are impossible to protect anyway.
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