Explore the security implications and potential rehabilitation of Python's Pickle serialization protocol in this 30-minute EuroPython 2018 conference talk. Dive deep into the vulnerabilities associated with Pickle, learn about common attacks and their defenses, and discover new research on potential threats and mitigations. Gain insights into implementing safe usage practices, understand the risks of arbitrary code execution, and explore less-known alternatives to Pickle. Examine benchmarks, self-referencing pickles, and use cases while considering the possibility of a more secure "Pickle Lite" implementation.