Google Chrome adds Protection against Meltdown and Spectre

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/26/2018 07:37 PM | source: | 14 comment(s)

Earlier last week we've already reported that Chrome would get HDR support, e.g. the ability to play for playing HDR content. However, it also adds protection for Windows and Mac OS, the so-called SharedArrayBuffer is disabled.

Another handy new feature is the ability to 'mute' the sound per domain. So if you get a website that by default plays tunes, or their ads do, with this feature it's muted by default once you have it enabled. By right-clicking the website tab, you can enable it:

As mentioned, this latest version of Chrome also protects Mac and Windows users against the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. Google is disabling the SharedArrayBuffer feature to mitigate against web-based attacks. The update will apply itself, or alternatively, you can manually update by going to help and then about.

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xIcarus
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#5515033 Posted on: 01/29/2018 09:40 AM

FF added protection to this like week or so ago, why did they not get headlines news too, what so special about chrome??? XD

OddGentleman
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#5515039 Posted on: 01/29/2018 09:54 AM

Chrome has a lot of fanboys, I'm guessing people want to convince each other their browser is best.
I'm not trying to light a pyre in here, it's just true. I'm tired of non-knowledgeable and even some knowledgeable people asking crap like 'why would you use anything else than Chrome?'.

and I'm tired of "why did they not get headlines news too" when the answer is obvious. Who do you write news about considering that Chrome is 60% of all browser users while FF is 10%

xIcarus
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#5515113 Posted on: 01/29/2018 01:10 PM

and I'm tired of "why did they not get headlines news too" when the answer is obvious. Who do you write news about considering that Chrome is 60% of all browser users while FF is 10%

Your argument implies that a 10% marketshare is small.
It's not.

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#5515116 Posted on: 01/29/2018 01:19 PM

and I'm tired of "why did they not get headlines news too" when the answer is obvious. Who do you write news about considering that Chrome is 60% of all browser users while FF is 10%

If a billion people use a web browser, 10% is 100 million people. Totally not newsworthy...

/s

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