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Re:Google announces passwordless by default: Make the switch... by compiler-guy on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @04:05PM (#37836782)
"You might get locked out of your account" is the updated version of the old "Your hard drive will crash."

It isn't a matter of if, it's just a matter of when. Backups and a thorough disaster recovery plan is absolutely mandatory for anyone who cares about their data. Some company is going to mess something up due to no fault of your own. It is inevitable.

Unfortunately, there aren't good disaster recovery options for some aspects of lost accounts, but having multiple accounts and avoiding single-points of failure help some.

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Re:Google announces passwordless by default: Make the switch... by Gibbon1 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @04:36PM (#37837139)
My thought on this is to involve notaries. As in you can get a notorised account. And if something goes wrong you can get a notary in the loop and by law the providers have to fix what ever has gone wrong or they are liable for actual and statutory damages.
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Re:Google announces passwordless by default: Make the switch... by j-bos on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @08:24PM (#37839527)
100% agreed. It's the analog reason notaries even exist.
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