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1. Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2019 14:41:07 UTC Christine Lemmer-Webber

   Would you buy/use a computer that ran 3x slower than modern machines if it were more secure (less vulnerable to side-channel attacks)?

   [ ] yes, absolutely
   [ ] yes, but not for games
   [ ] no, I need all the speed

   • Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2019 14:41:30 UTC Christine Lemmer-Webber

     in reply to

     crossposted to https://twitter.com/dustyweb/status/1127222086144020480

   • Charlag (charlag@birb.site)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2019 15:11:26 UTC Charlag

     in reply to

     @cwebber basically the only computationally expensive task I do is software development (okay and guix).
     If people would realise that their phones are sometimes 1.5-2x times slower than their desktop, more would answer positively I believe.
     If not for development, I would say "yes" probably. Not sure.

     Christine Lemmer-Webber repeated this.
   • Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2019 15:15:07 UTC Christine Lemmer-Webber

     in reply to

     Interestingly, the numbers are very different on here than they are on birdsite. Many more people here seem to be willing to take a speed hit for security here than there. Not surprising, I suppose: selection bias.