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 If you can drop a single device in a lake and lose your credential, it’s not a passkey. Passkeys are backed up and synced across your devices to deliver a great and safe user experience, while also eliminating phishing.

If it’s device-bound, it’s not a passkey. :) 
 Mark your calendars. American phones are gonna go 🚨 BLEEEERP BLEEEEEP 🚨 at roughly 2:20 p.m. ET this upcoming Wednesday, Oct. 4. https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system/national-test-2023 
 thanks to a mindfulness and memory journey i’ve been on, i am remembering to like and subscribe 
 Will death be enough to get Feinstein to retire? 
 Something really cool happened in the last week: the feedback I’ve gotten about passkeys has pivoted from, “Where can I use these?” to, “I really want to use these on the apps and websites adopting them, but I don’t think that they work in my particular setup”, which is outrageous progress.

I’ve helped people, I’ve learned so much, and the engagement is so energizing. As a community, we’r gonna replace passwords as the default credential on the web! :) 
 A friend sent me a photograph of her holding up a mug that reads, “I am not afraid to be seen trying.”

What a beautiful sentiment. 
 okay, i’ll bite. what’s the “roman empire”? 
 100% reproducible bugs are a girl’s best friend. 
 Seems like a lot of negativity for a technology called “Unity”. 
 TBC this isn’t a criticism I’m just like stating facts. And both of those things are true. Th... 
 @e2d8748d For what it’s worth, I kind of love this about Mastodon. But it’s something everyone should be aware of. 
 y’all know that the guy who used to be Merlin Mann is here, right? https://mastodon.social/@hotdogsladies