**jllstngr** @ed · 04 jan. 2018, 09:48

**jllstngr** @ed · 04 jan. 2018, 09:48

jllstngr @ed

What's happening to the Intel CPUs?

**Fluffy birbs are cool** @fluffy · 04 jan. 2018, 09:50

**Fluffy birbs are cool** @fluffy · 04 jan. 2018, 09:50

@ed There is a bug which malwares can exploit to mess with... everything. From what I understood, every software can access the kernel zone of the CPU, hence accessing password, modifying the system... And patches will likely affect performances.

**jllstngr** @ed · 04 jan. 2018, 09:53

**jllstngr** @ed · 04 jan. 2018, 09:53

@fluffy Ha I see.. I assume I should now consider buying AMD stuff for my potential next computer

**disciple** @disciple · 04 jan. 2018, 09:54

**disciple** @disciple · 04 jan. 2018, 09:54

@ed @fluffy AMD is touched too, in fact, almost every CPU is...

https://www.numerama.com/tech/318576-meltdown-et-spectre-7-questions-pour-comprendre-les-failles-critiques-sur-les-processeurs.html (french)

https://spectreattack.com/ (english)

**jllstngr** @ed · 2018-01-04T10:10:31Z

jllstngr @ed

@disciple @fluffy I see patches are available, have your installed them?
do they really slow down your devices?

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**disciple** @disciple · 04 jan. 2018, 10:39

**disciple** @disciple · 04 jan. 2018, 10:39

@ed @fluffy I am on windows 7 at work and 8 at home, so the security patches are not yet released (i think they will be by tuesday) so i dunno yet :s

**disciple** @disciple · 04 jan. 2018, 10:42

**disciple** @disciple · 04 jan. 2018, 10:42

@fluffy @ed but the word says that it will not impact too much things like games, and most applications

but we'll see!