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It's tied to a key stored in your iCloud. So basically as long as you have a device tied to your iCloud you can get in. Presumably, if you lose access to iCloud
by blktiger 4y ago
It's tied to a key stored in your iCloud. So basically as long as you have a device tied to your iCloud you can get in. Presumably, if you lose access to iCloud you will have problems.
- willis936 4y agoApple is the face on the screen. There is no lady with a hammer. https://youtu.be/OYecfV3ubP8 https://youtu.be/OYecfV3ubP8
- threeseed 4y agoThis is based on an open standard and is entirely optional. So your analogy makes absolutely no sense.
- willis936 4y agoIt's a metaphor. Semantics aside, holding private keys hostage with no recourse is Orwellian. A for-profit company has no business being a centralized identity authority.
- cokeandpepsi 4y agoWhat happens when you're not using an apple device?
- MBCook 4y agoI saw a screenshot. Somehow a QR code is presented and you scan that with your phone. I’m not entirely sure what happens from there. But there was a picture of them using it with a Windows machine. So they’ve thought of it.
- cokeandpepsi 4y agointeresting, but it still needs an iPhone> -- I was kind of burned hard when trying to migrate my iCloud keychain passwords to something else so I'm curious how smooth it actually is
- theluketaylor 4y agoMy understanding is the QR code is used to establish a quick BLE connection. The phone then pretends to to be a simple FIDO2 key. After that things proceed like any other FIDO2 workflow.
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