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> because telling people about nonguix in any official docs or communication channels is disallowed.

That's pretty bad. I'm definitely against that.

> We call that a web browser.

Are there known exploits based on web browser use, which are foiled by CPU microcode changes? Or, are these speculated to be possible?



> Are there known exploits based on web browser use, which are foiled by CPU microcode changes? Or, are these speculated to be possible?

The exploit certainly was possible: https://security.googleblog.com/2021/03/a-spectre-proof-of-c...

To what degree it's mitigated by CPU microcode patches or browser changes, I couldn't say off the top of my head. I suspect the situation has improved on both fronts.




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