Oh, would you look at that... Cybergeddon Japan over the last few months is now being used as justification for Yahoo JP to phase out passwords and tie all logins to "Passkeys" by next year.

Fido? Hardware keys? Ha! Fuck no, it's your face scan or fingerprint on your iPhone, or your MyNumber Card chip via NFC. I knew this was coming. Watch every other platform here follow suit in the months ahead.

Internet user ID laws in other countries may have caused backlash and outrage, but they're managing to pull off de facto mandatory internet user ID over here without a hitch.