Apple Says All Macs, iPhones and iPads Exposed to Chip Security Flaws

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Title of article : &quot;Apple Says All Macs, iPhones and iPads Exposed to Chip Security Flaws&quot;<p>First paragraph: &quot;Apple Inc. said all Mac computers and iOS devices, like iPhones and iPads, are affected by chip security flaws unearthed this week, but the company stressed there are no known exploits impacting users.&quot;

Dupe of <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16075348" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16075348</a><p>Has 74 points, 34 comments.

better link: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.apple.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;HT208394" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.apple.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;HT208394</a><p>&gt;&quot;Apple released mitigations for Meltdown in iOS 11.2, macOS 10.13.2, and tvOS 11.2.&quot;<p>I have older hardware with iOS 9.3.5 ( without patch )

Funny, support said they weren&#x27;t effected when I called them after I absently mindedly installed the next macOS &#x27;patch&#x27; and thought it had bricked my Mac Pro. This lead to a long conversation with support where they showed me that the indirect jump bug had been fixed, but they never said anything about Spectre...