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		MagicWishMonkey on Jan 7, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Many packages suddenly disappeared Wouldn't the package need to be executed as root, though? Or does spectre/meltdown not require privileged access?

Natanael_L on Jan 7, 2018 [–]

No, that's the entire point. They need almost nothing at all but the ability to run code fast in a loop with memory calls. The entire point is that they bypass privilege checks.

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