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GWGeorge007
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28 Sep 2023 21:49:46 UTC
Topic 230138
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    Quoted from this website:

    "A side-channel vulnerability in GPU compression can reveal private details to malicious websites...  The scope of the vulnerability is so severe that it allows malicious websites to reconstruct the GPU-generated pixel rendering of another website (and the credentials used to access it)...  The attack works on GPUs provided by Apple, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Arm, and Nvidia...  Edge and Chrome are currently vulnerable to it, but Safari and Firefox are not..."

    https://www.tomshardware.com/news/psa-gpus-from-nvidia-amd-intel-and-other-vendors-vulnerable-to-pixel-stealing-gpu-zip-attack

    I do hope this does get attention, especially here on BOINC.  If many of you are like me, it may be detrimental to be using your computers as a daily-driver if you use one (or more) of the affected browsers.

    Happy crunching, and stay safe.

    George

    Proud member of the Old Farts Association

    Tigers_Dave
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    Thanks for the information.

    29 Sep 2023 13:22:07 UTC
    Message 217655
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      Thanks for the information.  My wife and I use Safari (at home and at work) unless it is not supported by a particular website or unless we have to use a PC.

      "I was born in a small town, and I live in a small town." - John Mellencamp

      Mike Hewson
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      DuckDuckGo is the one, with

      30 Sep 2023 9:44:30 UTC
      Message 217705
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        DuckDuckGo is the one, with Trend Micro.

        Cheers, Mike.

        I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

        ... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

        mikey
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        I use Chrome mostly but also

        30 Sep 2023 10:51:40 UTC
        Message 217707
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          I use Chrome mostly but also use FireFox, Edge and Safari and even Brave Browser and Opera sometimes. I use Safari on my Mac's and mostly FireFox on my Linux pc's and then my windows pc's use Edge only for Amazon stuff but Brave Browser and Opera seem to work better for things the others block by default or are hard to work around.

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