• @Blue_Morpho
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    3 months ago

    It’s more serious than normal because if your PC ever gets owned, a wipe and reinstall will not remove the exploit.

    “Nissim sums up that worst-case scenario in more practical terms: “You basically have to throw your computer away.””

    • Captain Aggravated
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      23 months ago

      Okay, so what gets permanently “owned?” The BIOS on the motherboard, the CPU? is the GPU also hosed?

      • @Blue_Morpho
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        The CPU is hosed. I assume the throw away is in reference to laptops or mini PCs where the CPU isn’t socketed.