Chip makers favored speed over security to get a leg up in the megahertz wars. They may have even been aware of the risks, but at the time thought they were obscure and difficult to exploit. They made sound decisions at the time, which makes Meltdown and Spectre even scarier, because what sound compromises made since then will come back to bite us in the ass later?
Sometimes I think that humanity is not ready for computers, and it's time to go full-on Butlerian jihad.
Sometimes I think that humanity is not ready for computers, and it's time to go full-on Butlerian jihad.