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Security issues on Graphics Cards

Swarfendor437

Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:49:11 pm

Well, I would be curious to know if the same security issues that face Windows users using high-powered graphics cards also face GNU/Linux drivers - another reason NOT to use proprietary drivers.

When the first GPU's arrived with the same level of processing power as a CPU, there were reports of Russian malware being able to use such devices to spread there nasties - something to think about and also the usual warnings given by most GNU/Linux distributions - once you go down this route there is no guarantees of security - you do so AT YOUR OWN RISK! :D