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There is a serious security flaw in billions of Intel CPUs that can let attackers steal confidential data like passwords and encryption keys. Firmware updates can fix it, but at a potential significant performance loss.
What kinds of workloads are affected?
Is there a way to not install this update? I’m the only person who uses the desktop in my home.