In this episode we chat to Emily Schechter and Chris Palmer, who work on the security team for Chrome. We cover stuff like:
- What Meltdown and Spectre are, and why they're a problem.
- How annoying it is when someone conducts a sound test while you're trying to record a podcast.
- Cross-origin read blocking.
- Samesite cookies.
- Getting the long tail of the web onto HTTPS.
- Updating Chrome's UI to indicate HTTP is "not secure".
Also check out Emily and Chris's I/O talk, Palmer and Schechter on Meltdown and Spectre.