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Apple Updates macOS and iOS To Address Spectre Vulnerability (engadget.com)

Posted by msmash on from the fixing-things dept.

Days after Apple disclosed how it would be dealing with the Meltdown bug that affects modern computers, it's pushed out fixes for the Spectre exploit as well. From a report: iOS 11.2.2 includes "Security improvements to Safari and WebKit to mitigate the effects of Spectre," the company writes on its support page, while the macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update does the same for your Mac laptop or desktop. Installing this update on your Mac will also update Safari to version 11.0.2.

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  1. stop "helping" me and making things work by supernova87a · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is outrageous that Apple is rolling out some software update to "help" our processors function better without asking us! I demand to be asked whether I want this software fix to be implemented, because it makes my processor work slower! I want to do this myself. Apple sucks and don't get me started on batteries.