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This is very similar to how OS's and Browsers have mitigated the spectre vulnerabilities last year. They basically fuzz (randomize) the timing precision that y
by gitgud 6y ago
This is very similar to how OS's and Browsers have mitigated the spectre vulnerabilities last year.
They basically fuzz (randomize) the timing precision that you can do, so you can't use timing to leak information across 2 different processes.
>"As of Firefox 57.0.4, Mozilla was reducing the resolution of JavaScript timers to help prevent timing attacks, with additional work on time-fuzzing techniques planned for future releases."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_(security_vulnerability) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_(security_vulnerabil...
Maybe similar tactics could help prevent finger-printing!