> When that happens to you, it sucks, and you will have to jump through hoops. But still that doesn't mean that passports and keys aren't valuable in terms of security.
Except there may not be any hoops to jump through with MFA if it is "too secure". See "I've locked myself out of my digital life" (a thought experiment):
> Maybe, if people get locked out of their google account because they lost their recovery keys, they will in fact learn that, yes, they should have printed out their recovery keys (something which you are prompted to do), or stored them in an otherwise safe location (e.g. password manager).
Except at that point it could be too late and they've lost all access to their digital life/assets.
Except there may not be any hoops to jump through with MFA if it is "too secure". See "I've locked myself out of my digital life" (a thought experiment):
* https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/06/ive-locked-myself-out-of-my...
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31652650
> Maybe, if people get locked out of their google account because they lost their recovery keys, they will in fact learn that, yes, they should have printed out their recovery keys (something which you are prompted to do), or stored them in an otherwise safe location (e.g. password manager).
Except at that point it could be too late and they've lost all access to their digital life/assets.