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Good to know: Raspberry Pi is not vulnerable to Meltdown/Spectre because they use processors that don't do speculation.

Also a nice, clear explanation of how the vulnerabilities work.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/why-raspberry-pi-isnt-vulnerable-to-spectre-or-meltdown/

Why Raspberry Pi isn't vulnerable to Spectre or Meltdown - Raspberry Pi

Eben gives you a crash course in how modern processors work to explain why Raspberry Pi is unaffected by the Spectre and Meltdown security vulnerabilities.

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Jan 5, 2018 at 6:11pmWeb
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Jan 5, 2018
@kelsonv which is not entirely good, because it means they're slow :-)
Show threadKelson's Old AccountJan 5, 2018
@isagalaev True, but at least that's a known issue! 😄
Show threadJoshua A.C. Newman (he/they)Jan 6, 2018
@kelsonv That article was the only one that’s bridged the gap between the journalist staring into space and wondering what it all means, and a complete description of processor optimization.