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I love the effort. Using a password for so much stuff these days just seems insane forcing me to remember a lot of passwords or be bogged down with a password manager.

Relying on google auth is too risky as google can just pull the carpet on any user. I do like a key management type solution with a backup factor like maybe emails and phones (2 of N kinda thing) if keys get lost. Google Authenticator (ironically!) would be a cool way to do it and keep sites siloed while using the same mechanism to log into each of them.

For many things a “scan this qr on your phone to log in” type mechanism linked to a key management app that calls an endpoint would be ideal - we tend to keep our phones working, charged and functioning in these post pandemic days. In Australia you can have your vax, covid check in, driving license, credit card of course, and various government vouchers all on the phone.

As much as I hate that for various 1984ish reasons, Im glad iPhone exists and is privacy centric, fairly robust and secure and with something like GA I feel quite safe logging into most sites that kind of way. Guess I am spoilt that an iPhone isn’t financially a stretch, i hope key chain type devices can be sold for $1 and stuck on your keyring with 12 words in a safe place for those who cant afford this luxury. I have’t looked into it.

I could then share authentication for certain things like say amazon prime with trusted people. There is this middle ground between individual and corporate (families/startups/friendship groups) that would be catered for here.

Tldr; passwords suck!