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  • Apple M1 Processor Bug Is 'Baked' In

    From YK@youkidding@yahoo.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Sunday, June 27, 2021 13:16:26
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    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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  • From nospam@nospam@nospam.invalid to comp.sys.mac.system on Sunday, June 27, 2021 11:54:32
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    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
    --- Synchronet 3.18b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113
  • From Lewis@g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me to comp.sys.mac.system on Sunday, June 27, 2021 23:32:03
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    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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  • From nospam@nospam@nospam.invalid to comp.sys.mac.system on Sunday, June 27, 2021 20:37:01
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    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.
    --- Synchronet 3.18b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113
  • From Bob Campbell@none@none.none to comp.sys.mac.system on Sunday, June 27, 2021 22:41:11
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    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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