About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Alex Gaynor about WebAuthn and a notable incident involving GitHub APIs.

We chat with friend of the pod and special guest Alex Gaynor, former deputy chief technologist at the FTC and all around good Security Person™. Join for nerdery about WebAuthn, stay for accidentally melting down GitHub APIs around November 2020! Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBoGvyvsSi4 Transcript: https://securitycryptographywhatever.com/2025/08/16/alex-gaynor Links: - https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/no-take-only-throw - https://alexgaynor.net/2025/jan/13/challenges-...

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