“We’re excited to announce that Chrome 67 now comes with a new security feature called Site Isolation on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS” Google explains it on his blog. In testing since the 63rd iteration, this added security allows Google Chrome to protect itself against the famous Specter and Meltdown flaws discovered in early 2018, the company reassures.
To protect you, Google Chrome now consumes more RAM
site isolation function completely changes the internal functioning of the web browser. As of today, Google Chrome no longer allows an attacker to read all code (for example, iframes or popups) when you decide to open a site. Now the browser will instead isolate the process from each site. A hacker who used the Specter flaw to get into your computer can no longer access the same amount of data. Only data consulted by your machine at the same time can be compromised.
This isolation system requires: large amount of RAM to runwarns Google. However, the function “should not result in visible changes for most users or web developers”. An increase in consumption of 10 to 13% of RAM memory continues to be feared. Still, the change can be felt on computers with 4GB of RAM.
Google ensures that this overconsumption is not inevitable. In the coming months, the internet giant will analyze the collected data and improve the isolation system. “Chrome 68 will introduce site isolation on Android” Google says.
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