Apple Passkeys:

At WWDC, Apple just announced Passkeys, their implementation of the FIDO protocols that aim to replace passwords. In Apple’s case, this capability will be available with iOS 16 and macOS Ventura, probably this fall. The other vendors are doubtless planning similar releases in a similar timeline.

Dan Moren from Six Colors has a post that gives a nice explanation of Passkeys and its operation by endusers. If you’re an Apple user with some or all of your passwords stored in the Apple iCloud Keychain, nothing much will change: you’ll authenticate with a fingerprint or face ID and a cryptographic exchange takes place between your device and the remote site to verify you. You can even use one device to log into another. Take a look at Moren’s post for the details.

(Via Irreal)

What I want Apple to do to enhance this is to extend this and other privacy efforts backwards so older Macs and other devices can take advantage.

For example, I have a 2012 Mac Mini that doesn’t support Apple Pay natively. I can use my more modern iOS devices to approve purchases made on that machine. But it doesn’t support Hide My Email or other privacy mechanisms.

Get on this, Apple!

Hamilton County commissioners cite lack of respect, discipline following Saturday shooting | Chattanooga Times Free Press:

Hamilton County commissioners Wednesday largely attributed local gun violence to a lack of respect among the county’s youth.

It’s not thoughts and prayers, but equally useless.

Commissioner Steve Highlander R-Ooltewah, added that authority figures have become afraid to discipline children and that shootings could potentially be decreased if they begin to install discipline beginning at a young age.

“It’s not just Hamilton County or this city, it’s all across the country,” Highlander said. “And people have become afraid to discipline children. Children cannot learn when others are disrupting the class.”

To what “authority figures” Highlander refers is unclear. Maybe teachers? Maybe school administraters?

Imagine if the “authority figures” in need of respect were government officials, elected and appointed, and the ones in need of discipline were gun manufacturers, sellers, the NRA, those who feel a need to have a personal arsenal, and so on.

I’m old enough that I went through NRA training as a kid where the goal was to teach how a weapon is a privilege, not a right, and how it needs to be treated with respect (there’s that word again) or else it will be taken away from you.

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Walmart to expand InHome Delivery to Chattanooga households:

InHome is designed to give time back to customers by delivering fresh groceries, everyday essentials and more directly into their homes, including placing items straight into their kitchen or garage refrigerator.

This. Is. A. Very. Bad. Idea.

Unless you have a very specific use case, such as dealing with some chronic health issue that makes grocery shopping potentially dangerous and no home care options exist, do not sign up for this. There is no level of convenience “for busy families” that warrants allowing strangers access into your house. Even if you have video surveillance, letting these people – maybe W*mart employees or maybe contractors – cross your threshold is a significant risk.

Also, why is Channel 3 doing Walmart PR?