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[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's more serious than normal because if your PC ever gets owned, a wipe and reinstall will not remove the exploit.

"Nissim sums up that worst-case scenario in more practical terms: “You basically have to throw your computer away.”"

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Okay, so what gets permanently "owned?" The BIOS on the motherboard, the CPU? is the GPU also hosed?

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

The CPU is hosed. I assume the throw away is in reference to laptops or mini PCs where the CPU isn't socketed.

[-] arefx@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah the Intel issue is definitely a bigger problem. Imo.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago
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