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A Windows 11 user reports that Microsoft silently enabled a passkey setting that locked them out of their browser extensions.

What happened

Post: "Microsoft silently enabled a half-baked passkey setting in Windows 11 and locked me out of my browser extensions"

Source

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Signal
Customer feedback

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Subreddit
r/Passkeys
Event date
Oct 2026

The full record

From the Signal API record

Numbers

Mentions
141

Details

Timing
Completed
Category
Features
Link URL
/r/microsoftsucks/comments/1xeshof/microsoft_silently_enabled_a_halfbaked_passkey/
Virality
Very low
Post kind
Crosspost
Prominence
Core
Company's role
Vendor

Topics and mentions

Topics

  • passkeys
  • windows 11
  • usability

Extraction

Sentiment
Negative
Detected
Oct 25, 2026
signal_type
reddit-company
signal_subtype
customerFeedback

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  • descriptionValue in the API

Signal

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GET /v1/signals/2b232563-9f91-51e3-a213-97f3ec746f41 returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for microsoft.com.

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  "signal_id": "2b232563-9f91-51e3-a213-97f3ec746f41",
  "signal_type": "reddit-company",
  "signal_subtype": "customerFeedback",
  "detected_at": "2026-10-25T04:05:50+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Microsoft",
    "domain": "microsoft.com"
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    "stage": "none",
    "awards": 0,
    "timing": "completed",
    "topics": [
      "passkeys",
      "windows 11",
      "usability"
    ],
    "post_id": "1xesi3l",
    "summary": "A Windows 11 user reports that Microsoft silently enabled a passkey setting that locked them out of their browser extensions.",
    "category": "features",
    "evidence": [
      "[post] Microsoft silently enabled a half-baked passkey setting in Windows 11 and locked me out of my browser extensions"
    ],
    "link_url": "/r/microsoftsucks/comments/1xeshof/microsoft_silently_enabled_a_halfbaked_passkey/",
    "virality": "very_low",
    "post_date": "2026-10-25T04:05:50.000Z",
    "post_kind": "crosspost",
    "sentiment": "negative",
    "subreddit": "Passkeys",
    "event_date": "2026-10",
    "post_title": "Microsoft silently enabled a half-baked passkey setting in Windows 11 and locked me out of my browser extensions",
    "prominence": "core",
    "source_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Passkeys/comments/1xesi3l/microsoft_silently_enabled_a_halfbaked_passkey/",
    "entity_role": "vendor",
    "post_author": "maskarajr",
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    "signal_category": "feedback",
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    "products_mentioned": [
      "Windows 11"
    ]
  }
}

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