The Recompiler Podcast

Episode 45: Web development is kind of horrifying


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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

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