Video: How the Meltdown & Spectre chip flaws affect Apple's Mac and iPhone

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Both Intel- and ARM-based processors can be susceptible to various hacks, known as Meltdown and Spectre, affecting Macs, iPhones, iPads, and even Apple TVs. Apple has already implemented some fixes, with more to come, but there's a lot to unravel. AppleInsider is here to explain the situation in our latest video.

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soli

That was well done. Much more succinct explanations since this issue came about.

racerhomie3

I believe the problem is much more deeper than this basic explanation. Do you think DOD & other intelligence agency computers will be targeted?

christopher126

Max's rocking a new haircut! Looks good, bro.

Thanks for the vid.

darren mccoy

A-R-M, i always pronounce it arm.

sockrolid

Intel is sooooo doomed.

bbqboy

Sigh. I click on articles because I want the information, not because I want to see videos -- a much slower way to absorb information. Can you add summaries of critical information in addition to your videos?

baconstang

bbqboy said:

Sigh. I click on articles because I want the information, not because I want to see videos -- a much slower way to absorb information. Can you add summaries of critical information in addition to your videos?

Yup.  Videos and podcasts.  Not very time efficient.

strudel

“Speculative executive”
Not very nice executive I guess Like Intel CEO who dumped his stock after that news.
I stopped watching after that


p.s. Are you sure it is not “speculative execution”?

edited January 2018

francini

Really? Three have already been filed in California, Indiana, and Oregon. The ones filed on behalf of individuals will likely get thrown out due to the lack of real harm. On the other hand, if the major cloud services start suing because of real costs involved in installing extra servers to compensate for the slowdowns caused by Meltdown mitigation, Intel may have a tougher battle. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/intel-faces-class-action-lawsuits-regarding-meltdown-and-spectre/

edited January 2018

ivanh

The backdoors were discovered.  Flaw? No way.

frank777

Is there any word on when we'll see new Macs with chips that don't have the flaws?

iqatedo

frank777 said:

Is there any word on when we'll see new Macs with chips that don't have the flaws?

That's the question. You, me and many, many others must be wondering that.

bestkeptsecret

bbqboy said:

Sigh. I click on articles because I want the information, not because I want to see videos -- a much slower way to absorb information. Can you add summaries of critical information in addition to your videos?

They do that sometimes. I've seen a couple of video articles that actually have a nice rundown of what was covered in the video. I'm not sure why they don't do it for all of them.

tome

Will the new Intel Chips to be released the 2nd week of January have this same flaw ?

rufwork

Soli said:

That was well done. Much more succinct explanations since this issue came about.

Wait, what? There was zero explanation here. Just parroting Apple’s already nebulous releases.

Idk, if I see “explained” in the title, I expect to see a little about how the exploit works. Get a little technical, please.