Even the largest companies are not thinking through this carefully enough. When Google wants to verify a login, my android phone comes up with a special proprie

Even the largest companies are not thinking through this carefully enough. When Google wants to verify a login, my android phone comes up with a special proprietary Google prompt. Seems nice, but let's look at the flip side. Apple does this too, and about 5 years ago I had an iPhone. Recently I tried to download apps on my mac - and it suddenly required a password - so I tried a bunch of different things I probably had. Nothing was working. I got to a screen to reset the password, and they have a correct working email address for me. Except instead of offering reset via email, there is a prompt for my security questions. I checked my keepass entry for my security questions - SHIT I forgot to record them :( (my mother's maiden name is something like SDFDS$%FE#23 to Apple). So now it leaves me with one more option - authenticate via "..."'s iPhone! I'm thinking great! I will get a text message on my android in a few minutes (since the number is the same). No luck - suddenly I realized that "reset via iphone" means that a special app on my (smashed with a rock-hammer) iPhone will never ever be able to run. Apple please listen.