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Malicious attacks aren't always the vector of concern. There are many software packages that confine themselves to what is legal. They often want to ingest and
by abtinf 5y ago
Malicious attacks aren't always the vector of concern.
There are many software packages that confine themselves to what is legal. They often want to ingest and upload everything they can about the user. But if they are locked down to a narrow set of user data, they won't risk the liability of attacking the protections themselves.
- thfuran 5y agoIt's also rather harder to exfiltrate data via rowhammer or meltdown than via, say, unrestricted filesystem access so even if it's technically possible, it will be less prevalent.