"But it's totally legitimate if that's your threat model." Not mine. I have no plans to purchase a security key from Google. I have no threat model. Nothing

"But it's totally legitimate if that's your threat model." Not mine. I have no plans to purchase a security key from Google. I have no threat model. Nothing in the comment you replied to mentioned "trust" but since you raised the issue I did a search. It seems there are actually people commenting online who claim they do not trust Google; this has been going on for years. Can you believe it. Their CEO has called it out multiple times.^1 "[S]tupid waste of thought", as you call it. (That's not what I would call it.) It's everywhere.^2 The message to support.google and the response are quite entertaining. 1. For example, https://web.archive.org/web/20160601234401/http://allthingsd.com/20130530/live-with-google-multiplatform-chief-sundar-pichai-at-d11/?refcat=mobile https://web.archive.org/web/20160601234401/http://allthingsd... 2. https://support.google.com/googlenest/thread/14123369/what-if-i-don-t-want-to-migrate-my-account-to-google-i-don-t-trust https://support.google.com/googlenest/thread/14123369/what-i... https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/google-is-absolutely-listening-to-your-conversations-it-just-confirms-why-people-dont-trust-big-tech.html https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/google-is-absolutely-listenin... https://www.consumerwatchdog.org/blog/people-dont-trust-google-anymore https://www.consumerwatchdog.org/blog/people-dont-trust-goog... https://www.wnd.com/2015/03/i-dont-trust-google-nor-should-you/ https://www.wnd.com/2015/03/i-dont-trust-google-nor-should-y... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/03/google-executive-human-rights-activism https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/03/google-ex... https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2018/10/10/this-is-why-people-no-longer-trust-google-and-facebook-with-their-data/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2018/10/10/this...