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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
by taspeotis 7y ago
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 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21563871
- jacquesm 7y agoThey'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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- xvector 7y agoNon-option, half of Intel's business is spying on users. Who would they sell the backdoors for IME to otherwise?
- that_jojo 7y agoTBF, I'm fairly certain that only certain types of breads are affected by the speltdown issue
- newswasboring 7y agoWhat is this "speltdown like issues"? I googled but found nothing.
- nix0n 7y agoProbably Meltdown and Spectre, but I've never seen the two of them abbreviated in this particular way.
- eyegor 7y agoTo 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 https://mdsattacks.com/#ridl-ng