Dear X-Air and WeatherCat concerned Netizens,
You've probably heard by now. MS, Linix, Apple all 'cooperating with Intel to find a fix/patch... since November?
Thanks for posting ArsTechnica link. It was a little heady, but there was enough there to understand what the problem is. Sadly, it looks like Intel really goofed badly for these researchers to be able get their hands on kernel data. The suggested patches look really clumsy and inefficient. I'm sure Intel will try to escape, but this looks to me like a monster of a class-action lawsuit in the making.
Oh well, . . . . . . Edouard