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Intel left a fascinating security flaw in its chips for 16 years – here's how to exploit it

Charles Manning

Re: a ha ha ha ha ha :(

"We know about this flaw now,"

Yes we know about it. We also know how drugs get into prisons, yet every day prisoners around the world get stoned.

Security is like virginity and balloons: one prick and it's gone. One little vector is all you need.

Sure Windows has more vectors, and they're likely easier to attack, but basically we have a situation that you just have to assume anyone can get to anything they want to.

Not much different to the physical world really. Locks can be picked, cops can be bribed. Blackmail and threats will get a sufficiently determined and resourced person anything they want.

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