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Still more convenient than getting locked out.


True, but what's even more convenient than that is to just not use hardware authenticators for anything but the most important accounts/sites, and e.g. use syncing credentials (as provided by many password managers, Google, and Apple).

The fraction of people willing to regularly schedule enroll-o-ramas at each of their accounts and each of their backup key locations is probably smaller than a percent of all potential WebAuthN users.


It becomes questionable if you’re halfway across the world from your safe.




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