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y4 is one more thing to worry about. to lose. to have stolen. to drop in the toilet. etc.

i think part of the "theatre" is the whole convenience for safety thing. a few years ago it was gospel to change your passwords all the time. then some data started to point to this actually might be bad because it forced users into to using easy to remember things like sequences, or write them down (often in something like notes app or under keyboard on a sticky).

while this may not be the good for military gov etc, it's probably a lot better for average joes. by making it easier to have pretty good security method, i can reasonably expect my users to stop doing stupid shit like keeping their keys on google drive (because "wernt you the guy who made us use drive because it's more secure than ftp?!"- yes many users are petty like that).



> y4 is one more thing to worry about. to lose. to have stolen. to drop in the toilet. etc.

How is this different from your phone?


Presumably most of the people in this thread already have a smartphone. So it isn't really one _more_ thing.


Most of us have a keyring too - and losing that is a major pain in the ass. FOr me - I'd say my wallet/keys/phone are the objects I own that are "most secure".


i'm keyless and loving it, true most aren't


How did you do that? I am genuinely curious.


no car and hideakey for home

:)


So I have 4 motorcycles each with it's own key/keyring, my house keys, and my work keys. I've almost _always_ got three keyrings in my pocket.




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