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> every single intel chip is easily able to run arbitrary code and is vulnerable on a hardware level Isn't this what we want? What's the alternative? Your CPU
by jstanley 5y ago
> every single intel chip is easily able to run arbitrary code and is vulnerable on a hardware level
Isn't this what we want?
What's the alternative? Your CPU can't run arbitrary code? Having hardware access doesn't give you complete control of the hardware?
- alexb_ 5y agoI mean you're being nitpicky with my words here. I'm obviously talking about malicious actors when I use the words "vulnerable".
- userbinator 5y agoWhen we are living in an era of "war on general-purpose computing", where lots of people in the industry work very hard on taking away our freedoms, it is very important to be precise.