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Yeah, I've been buying Intel for years but just today I installed some Intel software and it asked me to join their "Computing Improvement Program." Part of the program? Send the "categories of websites you visit" back to Intel, among other things. [1]. They're really trying my patience with the semi-constant stream of Speltdown-like issues.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21563871



They're worried that you visit HackerNews, AMD.com and Phoronix. Intel should focus on getting their house in order and produce better hardware rather than to spy on their users.


Non-option, half of Intel's business is spying on users. Who would they sell the backdoors for IME to otherwise?


TBF, I'm fairly certain that only certain types of breads are affected by the speltdown issue


What is this "speltdown like issues"? I googled but found nothing.


Probably Meltdown and Spectre, but I've never seen the two of them abbreviated in this particular way.


To add to the other commenters, gp is likely also referring to the MDS issues, of which there are many. Here's a decent link (highlighted the latest major one): https://mdsattacks.com/#ridl-ng




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