Security News > 2019 > October > Google slings websites into Chrome's solitary confinement on Android to thwart Spectre-style data snooping
2019-10-18 04:53
Ignore the overhead, enjoy Site Isolation – a defense against side-channel attacks Last year, Google deployed Site Isolation in desktop versions of its Chrome browser as a defense against CPU side-channel attacks like Spectre. The technique renders websites in separate processes to prevent one from interfering with or snooping on another, augmenting browser sandboxing defenses.…
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