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🔑 Passkeys & passwords
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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...
Authenticate 2025 Keynote | Ricky Mondello, Apple | Get the Most Out of Passkeys
YouTube video by FIDO Alliance
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January 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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dumb nazi bitch lmao 😂
January 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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PSA: If you get a Discord message from someone named Chuckster, DO NOT REPLY! They will claim to help you get the Shine Sprite, but in reality they will just throw you into the abyss.
January 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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"it so crazy the racist has a brown wife" no he also hates women and doesn't think his brown wife is a human person with thoughts.
January 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Palantir co-founder says it exists to kill communists.
January 6, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Bob Likes Thai is still open? I thought it had closed!
January 9, 2026 at 5:23 AM
What are the best Indian and Thai restaurants in Vancouver? (Other restaurant suggestions welcome, but like, I particularly would love Indian and Thai recs.)
January 9, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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It's telling that you say "I don't think masked thugs should be murdering innocent people in broad daylight" and Republicans start jumping up and down yelling "I guess we can't have law enforcement then." Do you hear yourself
January 8, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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Minneapolis.
January 8, 2026 at 12:43 AM
It gives browsers and password managers a hint to not offer to save the banking password you submitted one time to plaid.com. And more!

My thanks to everyone who has contributed over the years!

Pull request 1000: github.com/apple/passwo...
The initial commit: github.com/apple/passwo... [3/3]
Add support for Ecosia Browser by ecotopian · Pull Request #1000 · apple/password-manager-resources
Overall Checklist I agree to the project's Developer Certificate of Origin The top-level JSON objects are sorted alphabetically There are no open pull requests for the same update Ecosia B...
github.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The data this project gathers makes strong passwords more compatible with website requirements across the web. It makes it faster to change a password on websites when initiated from a password manager. It helps merge identical entries from different, but related, domains together. [2/3]
January 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Taking a moment to celebrate open source collaboration! An hour ago, pull request #1000 was submitted and subsequently merged to the Password Manager Resources open source project!

The project was made open source by Apple on May 5, 2020, and has since had 274 contributors from across the industry.
January 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
oh, I enjoyed this video.
January 7, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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this is how every outlet should refer to X
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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The hairdresser holds up the mirror so I can see the back of my haircut but she accidentally uses the mirror that reveals how you die. I see my 80-year-old self tumbling down a hill after slacklining for the 1st time. I never know how to react in these situations, so I just mumble "wow I love it"
January 5, 2026 at 7:22 PM
What is the “toxic” “fighting” today that everyone is talking about here?
January 5, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?

Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I enjoyed catching up on this post while I was on vacation.
Safari 26.2 is here with 65 features + 165 bug fixes — including field-sizing, Navigation API, Largest Contentful Paint, command & commandfor, CHIPS opt-in partitioned cookies, scrollend event, random(), WebGPU in WebXR, scrollbar-color, hidden=until-found and much more! webkit.org/blog/17640/w...
WebKit Features for Safari 26.2
Safari 26.2 is a big release.
webkit.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
It was so fucking cold at Zohran’s inauguration. I don't think I’ve fully recovered yet.

That said, it was a lovely and inspiring time!
January 5, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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if what I did was a "war crime" then how come I'm not in trouble
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 is about to start. :)
January 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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You do not under any circumstances gotta hand it to George W Bush
January 4, 2026 at 3:17 AM