Thre is a fix for this, and for everything else too
Ban user tracking! Without the huge data gathering of user behaviour these companies will stop spending on AI.
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The bullshit alerts are firing today. There is super cheap motion sensors plentifully used already for, I don't know, every automatic door opener ever made. Don't need a zillion cameras and hulking "AI" processors for that!
The idea that Mozilla, or anyone other than law makers, could move the needle on privacy with ads is a complete dream. The very reason why traditional formats (newspapers/network TV) are all dying is simply because there is a competitive advantage when privacy is violated. It's not a level playing field without regulations to make it level.
are against engineering for safety. Where other engineering disciplines have had heavy regulation for many decades, if not centuries, those were for safety rather than security. All the bleating that somehow software engineering has had is easy by not being punished for insecure code is missing the fact that security is not safety, and safety is not security.
They are different terms for different purposes. Safety is the protection against unintentional harm to humans. Security is the protection against intentional harm to humans. Engineering for safety is the norm in many practices. Engineering for security is not the norm at all. If someone wants to throw another person off a bridge then there is no substantial protection against it. Just some minor safety barriers for accident reduction.
Lawyers need reminded of this distinction sometimes too.
The networks are doing it for one simple reason - It's a competitive advantage over traditional ad methods. This in turn is wiping out the competition.
What is really needed is the top to bottom banning of tracking entirely. This then puts them back on a level playing field.
You guys have wandered off into talking about the micro architecture vulnerabilities which the rowhammer exploits are nothing to do with. This is a DRAM problem that has possibly existed since the original invention of DRAM. Although I suspect it's only a recently exploitable problem due to tight cell density of modern DRAMs.
It will be solvable at the DRAM level. Just it's not as quick a fix as simply tweaking the timings ... and the industry probably still has to focus on the flaw seriously. The fact that one row can mess with its neighbouring row even while fully refreshed says there is need for design improvements in the DRAMs themselves.
It'll be a form of crosstalk. And that sucks because the way to deal with crosstalk in both cabling and board layout is with shielding. Shielding in a memory array is going to cost space, and that means reduced cell density. :(
Everything is random access to varying degrees. Fixating on that one word is missing the point of what RAM really does.
What I was getting at is files are a placeholder for ROM too. It's a means to hold a non-volatile copy for indefinite time. Number of writes (endurance) is a bonus. And from there Optane fits the same definition.
MRAM is the only candidate that can bridge both worlds because it is also unlimited writes.
Because Optane (Flash/ReRAM/whatever) wasn't unlimited writes it couldn't be classed as RAM. That means it's a form of ROM. Execute-in-place (XIP) like games cartridges.
Similar for file systems. They aren't XIP but rather loads into the temporary working RAM.
MRAM is probably the only non-volatile memory tech than can be classed as a RAM. But it can't compete with Flash on density. At least not yet.
USB is well known for its poor handling of static discharges, it can lock the whole chain of controllers and hubs totally. Not even a forced hard computer reset will recover it at times. Only way is to remove the computer's power. Some hubs are much better than others I've noticed.
I've had to add extra discharge protections (extra earthing of equipment and metalwork around it, shielding of cables) to equipment using USB devices to get some reliability.