meltdown

This week Audrey and I chat about the impact of Spectre and Meltdown, how easy it is to harvest credit cards numbers in the browser, and Kodak's new cryptocurrency. Enjoy!

[01:26] What it looks like when you're neighborhood grocery store shuts down
[06:02] Sams club closures
[09:19] iPhone performance benchmarks after Spectre security update | Melv1n
[10:51] "this translates into seven figures in our AWS bill"
[13:29] Speculative execution considered harmful in 1995
[14:44] Phabricator is not affected by Spectre or Meltdown because PHP is too slow
[15:55] What Spectre and Meltdown Mean For WebKit
[16:33] I’m harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site. Here’s how.
[29:02] Attack of the Week: Group Messaging in WhatsApp and Signal
[34:31] Kodak bitcoin miner on display at CES 2018
[36:37] Kodak announces its own cryptocurrency and watches stock price skyrocket
[39:02] Monkey selfie copyright dispute
[43:44] This man has made more money trading cryptokitties than investing in his IRA
[45:47] Blockchain is an elaborate work-around for a *very specific problem*
[47:26] I Partied With The Robot Strippers Before The CES
[48:49] Neural Network Pies
[51:03] Cat that has never been so insulted in all nine of its lives of the day.

Complete show notes & announcements: https://recompilermag.com/2018/01/19/episode-45-web-development-is-kind-of-horrifying

Episode 45: Web development is kind of horrifying

Episode 44: Spectre & Meltdown