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		beatgammit on Sept 4, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenBSD was right to disable hyperthreading [video... No, the person using the browser that loads the scripts is the user. The user has the option to disable JavaScript, so they are responsible for whatever they allow to be run on the machine. If you don't trust yourself to use the web safely, then put limits on what a naughty script can do. One option is to disable hyperthreading.

Skunkleton on Sept 4, 2019 [–]

That's like saying that its the users fault if their box was compromised by heartbleed. You never know what exploits are out there.

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