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Imagine someone "enthusiastically digitized" (as much as possible) in a foreign country alone and then they lose their iPhone Plane tickets, all hotel reservati
by u1hcw9nx 8mo ago
Imagine someone "enthusiastically digitized" (as much as possible) in a foreign country alone and then they lose their iPhone Plane tickets, all hotel reservations, they don't remember any phone numbers. They use ApplePay and other mobile payments. Cards may be in the same wallet case.
Without a trusted device or Recovery Key, Apple may impose a security delay (24 hours to several days) before allowing a password reset. Getting new SIM and re-authenticating our life will be pain.
- ivan_gammel 8mo agoTemporarily losing access is just inconvenience. Imagine the same but you lost the wallet with your only cash and your passport in pre-digital times, you are far from the nearest embassy and nobody understands your language. You are fully at the mercy of the locals and your money aren‘t coming back.
- loloquwowndueo 8mo agoA wallet is a wonderful invention that allows you to lose all your important items in one fell swoop
- M95D 8mo agoI keep ID+money separate from passport+cards.
- u1hcw9nx 8mo agoWith Digital passports and ID's the route to recovery starts to get hairy. 1. You need to verify yourself in person to get id or passport. You may need someone you know with you and have real interview. 3. But government gives only digital ID's so you need a phone to get it. 4. You can't buy a new phone or get a new SIM unless you can pay for it. You can't pay for it unless you have a phone and credit cards there. But neither bank does not recognize you without digital ID. You need friends to bootstrap your life, but you are also in the middle of loneliness epidemic and have no friends, you parents have died. What do you do?
- lxgr 8mo agoIt's probably not a great idea to depend on friends or family to remotely bootstrap you out of a situation like that anyway, given deepfake impersonation scams.
- Muromec 8mo agoFor that kind of a thing you usually have to be present, for which deepfakes are not a threat yet.
- robocat 8mo agoI give friends a codeword before I go overseas (verbally but next time I'll write it on a note). I learnt my lesson after online access to my bank was blocked for two weeks and I also lost a card two trips ago. Plus Chile blocked my phone IMEI (their beaurocracy fucked me up completely). Western Union plus friends are a fantastic backup for when things go pear shaped.
- ivan_gammel 8mo agoDoes any government in the world issue only digital IDs? There‘s always possibility to have your travel passport as a backup (and when traveling abroad your domestic ID is suitable for recovering passport).
- u1hcw9nx 8mo agoNot yet. Soon.
- BrandoElFollito 8mo agoI just have one paper passport, the only passport that will be accepted abroad.
- lxgr 8mo agoWhat's the difference to losing your backpack containing all these separate items? And conversely, it's very possible to carry a recovery Yubikey, a single-use login code etc. in a separate bag. Getting a new (e)SIM abroad can be very annoying, depending on the mobile network, which is why I try to avoid mandatory SMS authentication as much as possible.
- ab71e5 8mo agoYeah losing is maybe a bad example. What about a software update bricking the device, or a hardware problem?
- reaperducer 8mo agoWhat's the difference to losing your backpack containing all these separate items? Nobody ever lost everything by dropping a backpack in a public toilet. A phone, on the other hand…