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3formyesterday at 12:44 PM1 replyview on HN

Of course, as long as we're in the dreamland, most of these security upgrades do not actually require a hardware upgrade.


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TeMPOraLyesterday at 1:46 PM

Technically no (except for the gradual performance drop they introduce, + occasional TPM bullshit), but of course in practice, companies see this as a choice of spending money on back-porting security fixes to a growing range of hardware, vs. making money by not doing that and forcing everyone to buy new hardware instead.