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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's more serious than normal because if your PC ever gets owned, a wipe and reinstall will not remove the exploit.

"Nissim sums up that worst-case scenario in more practical terms: “You basically have to throw your computer away.”"

[–] captain_aggravated 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Okay, so what gets permanently "owned?" The BIOS on the motherboard, the CPU? is the GPU also hosed?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The CPU is hosed. I assume the throw away is in reference to laptops or mini PCs where the CPU isn't socketed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah the Intel issue is definitely a bigger problem. Imo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago