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It sounds like I am up the creek if all of my devices are gone. With a bank, if I lose paperwork, they will have a process in place for me to prove my identity
by 0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
It sounds like I am up the creek if all of my devices are gone.
With a bank, if I lose paperwork, they will have a process in place for me to prove my identity. BigTech will shrug if my phone-locked passkey becomes inaccessible.
- FireBeyond 3y ago100%. The effort and hassle for Google et al to invest in robust support mechanisms (backend and people) for passkeys makes it highly unlikely. No doubt you'll get the standard boilerplate email responses, if you are even that lucky, that just point you to an FAQ or something similarly unhelpful.
- ungamedplayer 3y agoI recently watched a movie called the circle with Emma Watson where they want to tie the account with a corporation as a means of Id to register to vote. Imagine leaving identity to a corporate who simply shrugs off all but legal threats. It's terrifying and I reckon we are in our way there
- arzig 3y agoI strongly recommend the book. It’s considerably better and gets into the dystopia better.
- hyperdimension 3y agoYeah, off-topic but I definitely agree. The book is an easy read and good. I didn't know there was a movie; I should watch it.
- ungamedplayer 3y agoThank you for the recommendation. It's now on my list.
- insanitybit 3y agoThe initial poster described that process - you bring government IDs in person to an office. If you want to avoid that, just set up multiple devices.
- raxxorraxor 3y agoOr use a password. Seriously, you have to do better here. I guess we will see recovery options by a master password and then the mechanism would be the question again.
- insanitybit 3y agoI don't get it, why is a password superior? The argument of "what if you lose access to multiple devices" seems just as valid as the argument of "what if you forget your password". Recovery is the same either way - you need to establish identity somehow, using any number of other mechanisms (such as showing up somewhere with government issued ID).
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y agoI can make a personal backup of a password. A fragile piece of hardware can fail me for a variety of reasons outside my control(lost or suddenly breaks). I have had a (Google) phone suddenly die in my hands without any prompting. With a password I was able to transition to a new device without incident. If my passkey was locked to that device, I might have found myself locked out of my digital identity.
- insanitybit 3y ago> A fragile piece of hardware can fail me for a variety of reasons outside my control(lost or suddenly breaks). But you can use multiple devices... How is "a password written down and stored somewhere" better than a separate device used for backup purposes? Hell, get three devices, go nuts.
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