It is conundrum that passkeys were designed to help the majority as they are frictionless (like passwordmanagers etc) but fail in reality.
Even those that have 2 devices they don't have them all the time.
Another overlooked issue is that some banks etc don't allow for 2 devices as login or 2FA. Even if it allowed one needs to keep the spare device always updated. Either Govt needs to build a common API that one can use directly through google pay or apple pay - so that only one app is needed to be kept up to date.
to be honest, I wouldn't mind if google/Apple can take all my private data and passkeys hold them - but at least then if I lose the phone - and I show my ID they should allow me to setup my new phone. But that is also not possible. (I am discounting the awful AI bans)
- Having 1 password for Google account + one passphrase may be great - in a sense holy grail
But... as some one doing CS for many people
- People just dont focus or show importance to these things
- People will forget the passphrase and lose data
- The importance to the data that was lost is MORE painful than the 'loss' of privacy
- So many people incl. my spouse live totally in phones (and work laptop). With the advent of large screen phablets (a.k.a - all new phones) - one does not even need any tablet.
- Sure, your advice is logically correct but reality for most is that people still treat password or PIN as a PITA.
I sincerely wish some country will pass strong privacy laws + have a connection between google/apple account with national ID of some type so that people can validate and reset password of SV behemoths. But again - strong privacy laws so that neither govt not SV misuses it.
Most do SaaS or dynamodb or lambda type app engine. Once it grows significantly then administration will need oracle etc. But hey these can be done by external contractors
For your previous comment. Do I assume you are a genX?
- one can give tons of reasons for non-repairable devices but the planet has only so much resources. Eventually Apple will enter the group of terrible companies like exxon/BP. Sure Tim Cook will be having the billions but if more companies like tesla is following apple's strategy if vertical integration
Either govts will interfere
Or
Planet is trashed.
- TV, phones have always been repairable. Even recently some one posted repairing a sony Trinitron.
- even if apple doesnot want to do the repair of a chip, capacitor they can make them available
- or not sue if 3rd party does it
- Louis rossman can replace a failed charging chip from an old logic/mother board. He/others like ifixit only tell apple to supply it or allow others to manufacture.
Schools are ok. IT not ok. There is a mishmash of I hate/love google mantra. Some want to do local but most no have the skillset to run servers ZFS etc. Either some idiot in administration then does outsourcing to remote MSP that support Windows.
Lets say one has a debian server with 256 cores and 100 users. If an user wants to run fedora it makes it possible. Not just build and run once but keep running for 365days and in that fedora give 200 user accounts or 200 webservers. It is possible with lxd. I know some hosting companies use it. Mix and match. All these run as non root. You can do ram/cpu/bandwidth/io controls everywhere.
Even those that have 2 devices they don't have them all the time.
Another overlooked issue is that some banks etc don't allow for 2 devices as login or 2FA. Even if it allowed one needs to keep the spare device always updated. Either Govt needs to build a common API that one can use directly through google pay or apple pay - so that only one app is needed to be kept up to date.
to be honest, I wouldn't mind if google/Apple can take all my private data and passkeys hold them - but at least then if I lose the phone - and I show my ID they should allow me to setup my new phone. But that is also not possible. (I am discounting the awful AI bans)