Last Week in Review: Sep 12–18, 2026

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Fifteen things worth your time from the past week, pulled out of whatever archivore caught me reading. A quieter week for big model releases, a heavier one for people arguing about who’s stealing from whom.

I don’t like passkeys — Ethan Hawksley argues passkeys solve the wrong threat model for an individual. They kill phishing, but do nothing about the risk that actually ends most people’s accounts: losing the one device they’re bound to. Hardware keys cap out at 25–300 accounts each; synced passkeys tie your whole identity to Apple or Google, so one account ban costs you everything at once. Discuss →

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Last Week in Review: Sep 12–18, 2026