I still think passkeys provide the greatest promise yet for filling the many security pitfalls of passwords and lowering the difficulty of remembering and storing them. For now, however, the hassles of using passkeys, coupled with their diminished security created by the presence of fallbacks, means no one should feel like a technophobe or laggard for sticking with their passwords. For now, passwords and key- or authenticator-based MFA remain essential.
With any luck, passkeys will someday be ready for the masses, but that day is not (yet) here.
After several days of teasers, Apple TV+ today confirmed that the streaming service will be free for all this weekend. Between January 4 and January 5, customers can stream all Apple Originals with no subscription required.
The reason I like a RAM upgrade is that it's broadly useful even if you actively dislike generative AI and plan to try as hard as you possibly can to keep it off of your computers entirely.
Looking forward, though, the list takes on a different quality — it’s an eerie snapshot of calm before a storm. In 2025, there’s a chance it, and the industry it represents, will get thoroughly and unpredictably scrambled in ways they haven’t in years.
One of the greatest advantages that the web platform has is its availability in all the other platforms. Whether if you are on Mac or iPhone or Windows, the web is available to you, and all your favorite websites are accessible.
The way different vendors implemented Passkeys though, it seems to me, broke that promise.
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