I/O chat with Emily Schechter and Chris Palmer

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.

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