7 ms·It allows the attacker to steal data like e.g. your (root) password.by rkrzr 3y agoIt allows the attacker to steal data like e.g. your (root) password.tremon 3y agoOnly while it's stored unencrypted in memory, right?taneliv 3y agoMy reading of the article was that memory is not directly compromised, but CPU registers. So loaded unencrypted in one of the affected registers.saagarjha 3y agoAs is the case whenever you type it in, yes