@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoDownfall vulnerability may affect Intel Macs; usual precautions recommended9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up142
arrow-up142external-linkDownfall vulnerability may affect Intel Macs; usual precautions recommended9to5mac.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareDynamolinkfedilink4•2 years 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years 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.