Meltdown & Spectre: DO NOT PANIC! Yet.

By popular demand!

Meltdown and Spectre are the recently-publicized exploits that take advantage of flaws in modern processors.

These flaws are big news, but what’s the actual scoop?

It turns out that they ARE a big deal, but with a few important caveats…

Since the exploits themselves are so technically complicated, I have tried to explain them in a simplified way without sacrificing actual useful details.

That way, you can make up your own mind as to whether or not you should run for the hills!

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