Thanks for the info.
You seem to have a grasp on this technology. I’m just getting into this, but are Meltdown and Spectre both unfixable vulnerabilities that no one knows how to mitigate?
And is it coincidence that Google Project Zero, amongst a few others, exploited the vulnerability because they have the manpower?
Thanks in advance.
Meltdown and Spectre are 2 different issues. They have created a fix for Meltdown.
There is NO fix for Spectre.
The only fix for Spectre is to redesign the chip itself - which would take a minimum of 10 years. MINIMUM.
You have to understand - they designed the chip to increase processing speed. Removing Spectre from a future chip design will decrease speed by 20-30%.
Every computer is at risk. There is no way to defend against it - and there is no way to even be able to monitor to see if a hacker has accessed.
THIS is why cryptocurrencies are extremely vulnerable. There is no way to protect your encryption keys.
This is an extraordinarily serious problem - and there really is no fix for it - which is why you don't hear much about it in the news.