• FaceDeer@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Many programs rely on the assumption that it’s cleared on powerdown for security.

    In a world with ULTRARAM those programs will need to be rewritten to operate under new assumptions.

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      1 year ago

      Sure of course of course but umm have you seen software?

      There are still windows xp computers on the internet.

      It’s not insurmountable, and of course I have no idea if/how this will roll out.

      Just it seems to mess with a rather deep assumption we have about how computers operate when we develop software and threat models.

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        1 year ago

        The better example is that there are still programs compiled in Win 95 running here and there if I’m correct.

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        1 year ago

        Sure, but anyone who’s still running WindowsXP on their laptop wants to suffer.

        As always, the security-minded will be able to secure their devices and everyone else will not care until it bites them. ULTRARAM isn’t revolutionary in that regard.