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Old 01-9-2018, 10:47 PM   #2
Travis_Flesher
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Default Re: Spectre and Meltdown

'A security breach utilizing CPU architecture'
I don't know exactly what all this means either and there are certainly many facets to this topic, but talk is cheap (free in fact, and fun) so here are my thoughts.
Many commercial digital security companies use Linux code and servers.
Most peoples' cellphones are gonna be Android or Apple.
Everything else is Windows, the grandfather OS of computing and the GUI which hath been provided.
There is an inherent flaw. There's always an inherent flaw. There are numerous basic windows services that come packed onto our PCs that if harnessed properly can be used to do some pretty hitech network stuff, but if fell to the hands of an evil genius could do hitech blackhat malware.
Basically, have fun with your computers and try to use them properly and for neat stuff. If you think someone's a hacker, investigate. When it comes to your stuff being hacked or stolen remember that disabling internet will prevent file leaks and use jump drives instead of the cloud.
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