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Same same reason it always would be: it is inconvenient and can lead to loss of data. Lose your old device, get a new device, and you won't have the key. A nor
by hyperhopper 3y ago
Same same reason it always would be: it is inconvenient and can lead to loss of data.
Lose your old device, get a new device, and you won't have the key. A normal user going through this flow would be furious. Only technically competent users understand that e2e has downsides and how to mitigate those.
- heavyset_go 3y agoGiven that Google already stores passkeys and other encryption credentials, I'm sure they could come up with an scheme to securely manage E2EE keys across devices.
- rossjudson 3y agoGiven that the most common transition here is I have 1 device -> I have 0 devices because I lost my phone I think what you mean is "Google can do this for users with more than one device". Which they do. E2EE has meaning, and being convenient to recover isn't in it.