2FA and password managers are a lousy design solution to password security. Just moves all risks upstream into a Grand Unified Metacatastrophe Risk: losing your phone or primary key device. There’s got to be a better way.
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an old friend of mine locked his bike up for much of a summer with a belt. just used it to tie to a tree or whatever. it wasn't a nice bike, but it worked (in a pretty high bike theft & other petty crime place). that has always stayed w me as lesson abt locks as social convention
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My approach has been to use multiple security keys whenever possible. Makes it less likely to be cut off. Of course... Some sites only support one key. iOS (and even Android) support is bad. Doesn’t really solve the “how do I bootstrap access to my password manager” problem.
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Probably the most “human-compatible” solution would be something like continuous biometric authentication... something like Apple’s Face ID, but using multiple devices to bootstrap each other. Lots of legitimate concerns about abuse and lock-in there.
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In some sense this is a micro manifestation of the broader pattern of technology society: we use tech to facilitate interactions (& scale the domain) that in previous eras would have relied on deep human trust. This separation atomizes humans, and increases fungibility of humans.
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We increasingly become the interchangeable parts in other people’s lives. You find it stark that you need locks for your bike. But your ancestors would have found it odder, by far, that you & your family sleep next to total strangers, separated by thin walls.
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