Ken Buchanan

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Security-ish person on Chrome. Lately, mostly WebAuthn. 🇨🇦

#WebAuthn's getClientCapabilities is now ready for testing in Chrome Canary (enable experimental web platform features)!

This method allows developers to detect features and capabilities for #passkeys before rendering a login page or registration experience.

(screenshot from featuredetect.passkeys.dev)

Google Password Manager passkeys can be created and used on desktop Chrome now, syncing with your Google account between desktop profiles and Android phones. https://developer.chrome.com/blog/passkeys-gpm-desktop
Chrome to sync passkeys on Google Password Manager between desktop and Android  |  Blog  |  Chrome for Developers

Chrome on desktop will soon be able to create passkeys in Google Password Manager (GPM) and synchronize them across those platforms in addition to Android.

Chrome for Developers
Old internet treasure:
Slashdot book review from 1999 for a high-level explainer on the Unix ping utility, surprisingly written in 1933. https://news.slashdot.org/story/99/01/31/1246212/reviewthe-story-about-ping
Review:The Story about Ping - Slashdot

Doc Technical, one of our highly trained book reviewers, has submitted for us Marjorie Flack, Kurt Wiese's book The Story about Ping. A rare technical manual, this is one of the few computer books in the field in which the illustrator is as important as the author. To truly understand the glories ...

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Been perusing late 17th and early 18th century texts, as one is wont to do, when I came across this pronoun rant.

This absolutely was NOT an accident and I have nothing but respect for whoever was in charge of sending it to print.

cc @WearsHats

HTTPS encryption for EU residents is at risk, as the soon-to-be-passed Article 45 removes browsers’ control over security for their users.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/article-45-will-roll-back-web-security-12-years
Article 45 Will Roll Back Web Security by 12 Years

The EU is poised to pass a sweeping new regulation, eIDAS 2.0. Buried deep in the text is Article 45, which returns us to the dark ages of 2011, when certificate authorities (CAs) could collaborate with governments to spy on encrypted traffic—and get away with it. Article 45 forbids browsers from...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

if the EU passes eIDAS 2.0 (article 45), we will be rolling back the clock to Netscape Navigator Export Edition, a reference that approximately 1% of my audience will understand.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/article-45-will-roll-back-web-security-12-years

Article 45 Will Roll Back Web Security by 12 Years

The EU is poised to pass a sweeping new regulation, eIDAS 2.0. Buried deep in the text is Article 45, which returns us to the dark ages of 2011, when certificate authorities (CAs) could collaborate with governments to spy on encrypted traffic—and get away with it. Article 45 forbids browsers from...

Electronic Frontier Foundation