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Re:Launch HN: Keyri (YC S21) – Secure smartphone-based passw... by Semaphor on Thursday August 05, 2021 @03:39AM (#28070939)
> Wherever you have 2FA enabled (other than email magic link), you are generally SOL if you lose your phone.

I realize this is not exactly widespread (neither on the user nor the provider site), but as we are on HN: Luckily security keys exist and are cheap enough to have backups. I hate having to use my phone for 2FA (but also realize that I’m in a tiny minority there)

Re:Launch HN: Keyri (YC S21) – Secure smartphone-based passw... by thekeyper on Thursday August 05, 2021 @09:46AM (#28073648)
Fair point. As you implied, security key adoption, particularly for the consumer-facing web, is very low, as is support for more secure security keys (FIDO2) by consumer-facing web services. We're trying to bring that level of security to mass audiences through a simple UX that a minority audience (that dislikes relying on phones for authentication) may dislike. That said, we think our phone-based auth security and UX are better than those of SMS OTP, TOTP, and push notification verification, so hopefully we can convince that audience over time.