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> It's a significant difference.

When various apps running the world are crashing, unable to execute because malware protection is failing, there is no difference.

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_No_ difference oversells it, IMO -- the fact that the entire OS crashed is what made fixing the bug so arduous, since it required in-person intervention. To be sure, running the code in userspace would still cause unacceptable service interruptions, but the fix could be applied remotely.

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