I can’t wait for this new Chrome security feature to take off

As good as passkeys and two-factor authentication are, they can’t fully prevent someone from breaking into (and possibly stealing) an account. But a new feature in Chrome should make that possibility much harder—provided website operators start making use of it.

Called “Device Bound Session Credentials,” this update recently became fully available in the general release version of Chrome. It…

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Taavi Väänänen: Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026

Wikimedia Nederland organised a new type of event this year, the Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026, which was held last weekend in Arnhem, the Netherlands. And I'm very happy they did, since unlike last years, I will unfortunately be missing from the "main" Wikimedia Hackathon (which is happening in Milan at the start of May).

I continue to believe the primary reason for these events…

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