octalfudge@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoDownfall vulnerability may affect Intel Macs; usual precautions recommended9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10
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minus-squareDynamo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoDo I understand correctly that as long as I am the only user on my Mac this vulnerability is basically not relevant to me?
minus-squarecel922@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoFrom what I understand, yes. This vulnerability is to gain information about another user using the same computer (at the same time?). This is why I have disabled the performance-impacting spectre/meltdown mitigations on my home Windows PCs.
Do I understand correctly that as long as I am the only user on my Mac this vulnerability is basically not relevant to me?
From what I understand, yes. This vulnerability is to gain information about another user using the same computer (at the same time?). This is why I have disabled the performance-impacting spectre/meltdown mitigations on my home Windows PCs.