Ricky Mondello
@rmondello.com
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🧛🏻♀️ It’s not a phase
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🏳️⚧ Trans, nonbinary, they/them
😷 Caring, careful
🔑 Pass{keys, codes, words}
🧛🏻♀️ It’s not a phase
🦔 Speedrunner
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Ricky Mondello
@rmondello.com
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Authenticate 2025 Keynote | Ricky Mondello, Apple | Get the Most Out of Passkeys
YouTube video by FIDO Alliance
www.youtube.com
I gave an opening keynote at the FIDO Alliance’s “Authenticate” conference a few weeks ago! My goal was to explain, as clearly as I can, why passkeys are important and how we should use them to reduce the harm that passwords cause. [1/2]
YouTube link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=otOb...
YouTube link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=otOb...
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Me after every social interaction
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Me after every social interaction
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this is what it's like, yeah.
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
this is what it's like, yeah.
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
On Saturday, I bought a pair of AirPods 4 (no ANC) as a Christmas gift from Amazon for $79.99. Because they’re for Christmas, I picked the slow shipping.
Today, the price has dropped to $69. I cancelled my existing order and re-purchased them at this nicer price. Again, slow shipping. Small wins.
Today, the price has dropped to $69. I cancelled my existing order and re-purchased them at this nicer price. Again, slow shipping. Small wins.
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
On Saturday, I bought a pair of AirPods 4 (no ANC) as a Christmas gift from Amazon for $79.99. Because they’re for Christmas, I picked the slow shipping.
Today, the price has dropped to $69. I cancelled my existing order and re-purchased them at this nicer price. Again, slow shipping. Small wins.
Today, the price has dropped to $69. I cancelled my existing order and re-purchased them at this nicer price. Again, slow shipping. Small wins.
Need something to watch this week? In this keynote I discuss:
1. The thinking behind passkeys; _why_ my team at Apple worked with others to evolve FIDO authentication
2. Using passkeys to replace passwords + traditional 2FA
3. Passkey data export/interoperability (putting "vendor lock-in" to rest)
1. The thinking behind passkeys; _why_ my team at Apple worked with others to evolve FIDO authentication
2. Using passkeys to replace passwords + traditional 2FA
3. Passkey data export/interoperability (putting "vendor lock-in" to rest)
📹 [Video] Watch this #Authenticate2025 Keynote “Get the Most out of Passkeys” with @rmondello.com, Apple
→ youtu.be/otObbUSxcqs
#passkeys
→ youtu.be/otObbUSxcqs
#passkeys
Authenticate 2025 Keynote | Ricky Mondello, Apple | Get the Most Out of Passkeys
YouTube video by FIDO Alliance
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Need something to watch this week? In this keynote I discuss:
1. The thinking behind passkeys; _why_ my team at Apple worked with others to evolve FIDO authentication
2. Using passkeys to replace passwords + traditional 2FA
3. Passkey data export/interoperability (putting "vendor lock-in" to rest)
1. The thinking behind passkeys; _why_ my team at Apple worked with others to evolve FIDO authentication
2. Using passkeys to replace passwords + traditional 2FA
3. Passkey data export/interoperability (putting "vendor lock-in" to rest)
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AI coding has revealed just how many people in our industry don’t appreciate that for any long lived code the cost of initial implementaion is absolutely dwarfed by the cost of maintenance. So much that for long lived projects we can consider: cost of code = cost of maintenance.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
AI coding has revealed just how many people in our industry don’t appreciate that for any long lived code the cost of initial implementaion is absolutely dwarfed by the cost of maintenance. So much that for long lived projects we can consider: cost of code = cost of maintenance.
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now that the Analogue 3D is out, it's time for my semi-annual tweet asking if anyone wants to part with their Analogue NT
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
now that the Analogue 3D is out, it's time for my semi-annual tweet asking if anyone wants to part with their Analogue NT
Ah, finally, some good news. A new Strong Bad Email!
"Flash": homestarrunner.com/toons/sbemai...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zhs...
"Flash": homestarrunner.com/toons/sbemai...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zhs...
Lappier Than Thou - Toons 210 - Robots
Strong Bad sends The Cheat undercover to infiltrate a secret council!
homestarrunner.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Ah, finally, some good news. A new Strong Bad Email!
"Flash": homestarrunner.com/toons/sbemai...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zhs...
"Flash": homestarrunner.com/toons/sbemai...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zhs...
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One of the changes that OpenAI has made to make ChatGPT safer is a "take a break" nudge. There's something quite interesting about the design here. Which thing does it make you want to click?
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
One of the changes that OpenAI has made to make ChatGPT safer is a "take a break" nudge. There's something quite interesting about the design here. Which thing does it make you want to click?
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For tech workers looking for organize; apps are due 12/1 collectiveaction.school
Collective Action School
Logic School is an online, experimental school for tech workers
collectiveaction.school
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
For tech workers looking for organize; apps are due 12/1 collectiveaction.school
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They’re doing eugenics right out in the open now, largely because Trump, RFK Jr, Dr Oz and the rest of the fascists have been pushing a eugenicist agenda since they seized control.
It’s white Christian nationalism and it’s dangerous.
Disabled people are not “imperfect”.
We are also not expendable
It’s white Christian nationalism and it’s dangerous.
Disabled people are not “imperfect”.
We are also not expendable
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
They’re doing eugenics right out in the open now, largely because Trump, RFK Jr, Dr Oz and the rest of the fascists have been pushing a eugenicist agenda since they seized control.
It’s white Christian nationalism and it’s dangerous.
Disabled people are not “imperfect”.
We are also not expendable
It’s white Christian nationalism and it’s dangerous.
Disabled people are not “imperfect”.
We are also not expendable
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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I need a big sword for gender reasons
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I need a big sword for gender reasons
Do I know anyone who has an extra ticket or two to see Hayley Williams in New York in April, on any of the dates? I will pay you for it or them! Interested in one or two.
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Do I know anyone who has an extra ticket or two to see Hayley Williams in New York in April, on any of the dates? I will pay you for it or them! Interested in one or two.
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
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thinking about My Father's Camry Filled With Leaves again
October 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
thinking about My Father's Camry Filled With Leaves again
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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When I talk to students about public speaking or teaching, I always bring this up: Just tell people when you don't know something! It's remarkably powerful b/c it signals to your audience that you know the boundaries of your expertise and they can trust what you DO talk about.
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
When I talk to students about public speaking or teaching, I always bring this up: Just tell people when you don't know something! It's remarkably powerful b/c it signals to your audience that you know the boundaries of your expertise and they can trust what you DO talk about.
Seems like I picked a weird day to be mostly offline.
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Seems like I picked a weird day to be mostly offline.
On macOS, when a web browser uses passkeys in Apple Passwords, it works in two steps:
1. They have no idea what passkeys you have, but they can summon secure system to do passkey auth.
2. They can optionally prompt to know which websites you have passkeys on so they can offer deeper integrations.
1. They have no idea what passkeys you have, but they can summon secure system to do passkey auth.
2. They can optionally prompt to know which websites you have passkeys on so they can offer deeper integrations.
Yes, I would love to give Open AI / ChatGPT access to my Passwords and Passkeys
ChatGPT’s Mac browser just got new features, like iCloud passkeys
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
On macOS, when a web browser uses passkeys in Apple Passwords, it works in two steps:
1. They have no idea what passkeys you have, but they can summon secure system to do passkey auth.
2. They can optionally prompt to know which websites you have passkeys on so they can offer deeper integrations.
1. They have no idea what passkeys you have, but they can summon secure system to do passkey auth.
2. They can optionally prompt to know which websites you have passkeys on so they can offer deeper integrations.
"we take those" might be one of my favorite things to say.
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"we take those" might be one of my favorite things to say.
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fuck…Yamcha is mentioned in the Epstein files
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
fuck…Yamcha is mentioned in the Epstein files
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It's not a warning. It's a threat.
"A nice economy you have there, would be a shame if something were to happen to it."
And all we have to do is keep pretending that the amount of money invested in AI is proportional to the value we're getting from it. Easy enough, just don't anger the mobsters
"A nice economy you have there, would be a shame if something were to happen to it."
And all we have to do is keep pretending that the amount of money invested in AI is proportional to the value we're getting from it. Easy enough, just don't anger the mobsters
BBC: Pichai said while AI investment had been an “‘extraordinary moment’, there was some ‘irrationality’ ..
“Asked whether Google would be immune to the impact of the AI bubble bursting, Mr Pichai said .. ‘I think no company is going to be immune, including us.’”
$GOOGL
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Asked whether Google would be immune to the impact of the AI bubble bursting, Mr Pichai said .. ‘I think no company is going to be immune, including us.’”
$GOOGL
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's not a warning. It's a threat.
"A nice economy you have there, would be a shame if something were to happen to it."
And all we have to do is keep pretending that the amount of money invested in AI is proportional to the value we're getting from it. Easy enough, just don't anger the mobsters
"A nice economy you have there, would be a shame if something were to happen to it."
And all we have to do is keep pretending that the amount of money invested in AI is proportional to the value we're getting from it. Easy enough, just don't anger the mobsters
I, uhhh, left my heart in Argentina, so you can say I'm pretty confused about things.
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I, uhhh, left my heart in Argentina, so you can say I'm pretty confused about things.