Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers
joozio
13 points
11 comments
August 12, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
maratc
If Chrome can write into TPM/Secure Enclave it's like the best fingerprinting ever?
shim__
How is that any different from an TPM backed passkey?
kotaKat
Does this stop Google's constant crusade of "making sure it's you" every two days with another fifteen password challenges? I bought the security keys, I have all the whizbang security features on, and Google still makes me go dig out my password for no real good reason nonstop. I bought all this crap to stop making Google beg!