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Apple M1 Processor Bug Is 'Baked' In − But Is It Serious? https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2021/05/30/apple-m1-processor-bug-is-baked-in---but-is-it-serious/

The bug "allows any two applications running under an OS to covertly
exchange data between them."
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In article <sba6gc$171q$1@gioia.aioe.org>, YK <youkidding@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Apple M1 Processor Bug Is 'Baked' In - But Is It Serious?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2021/05/30/apple-m1-processor-bug-
is-baked-in---but-is-it-serious/

The bug "allows any two applications running under an OS to covertly exchange data between them."

I asked Martin how serious the bug was on a scale of 1 to 10 with
the 10 being the worst. He said it was a ³2 because it has no impact
on normally-operating software.²
...
Can malware use this vulnerability to take over your computer?
³No.²
...
But is this really dangerous?
³Really, nobody's going to actually find a nefarious use for this
flaw in practical circumstances. Besides, there are already a million
side channels you can use...on every system. Covert channels can't
leak data from uncooperative apps or systems.²
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In message <270620211154323415%nospam@nospam.invalid> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

In article <sba6gc$171q$1@gioia.aioe.org>, YK <youkidding@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Apple M1 Processor Bug Is 'Baked' In - But Is It Serious?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2021/05/30/apple-m1-processor-bug-
is-baked-in---but-is-it-serious/

The bug "allows any two applications running under an OS to covertly
exchange data between them."

I asked Martin how serious the bug was on a scale of 1 to 10 with
the 10 being the worst. He said it was a ³2 because it has no impact
on normally-operating software.²
...
Can malware use this vulnerability to take over your computer?
³No.²
...
But is this really dangerous?
³Really, nobody's going to actually find a nefarious use for this
flaw in practical circumstances. Besides, there are already a million
side channels you can use...on every system. Covert channels can't
leak data from uncooperative apps or systems.²

Didn't we have almost exactly this exchange a month or three ago?

--
Love is strange and you have to learn to take the crunchy with the
smooth I suppose
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In article <slrnsdi2jj.rmj.g.kreme@m1mini.local>, Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:

Apple M1 Processor Bug Is 'Baked' In - But Is It Serious?


https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2021/05/30/apple-m1-processor-b
ug-
is-baked-in---but-is-it-serious/

The bug "allows any two applications running under an OS to covertly
exchange data between them."

I asked Martin how serious the bug was on a scale of 1 to 10 with
the 10 being the worst. He said it was a 32 because it has no impact
on normally-operating software.2
...
Can malware use this vulnerability to take over your computer?
3No.2
...
But is this really dangerous?
3Really, nobody's going to actually find a nefarious use for this
flaw in practical circumstances. Besides, there are already a million
side channels you can use...on every system. Covert channels can't
leak data from uncooperative apps or systems.2

Didn't we have almost exactly this exchange a month or three ago?

probably.

every processor has bugs.
every operating system has bugs.
every app has bugs.
users do stupid things.

the trolls think it's somehow unique if it's apple.
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On 6/27/21 8:37 PM, nospam wrote:

every processor has bugs.
every operating system has bugs.
every app has bugs.
users do stupid things.

the trolls think it's somehow unique if it's apple.

That's pretty much the definition of a troll. Always pointing out the
real or perceived defects in whatever it is that the troll does not use.

Meanwhile, everything the troll uses is perfect.

It is to laugh.

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