[blktiger]

It's tied to a key stored in your iCloud. So basically as long as you have a device tied to your iCloud you can get in. Presumably, if you lose access to iCloud you will have problems.

[cokeandpepsi]

What happens when you're not using an apple device?

[MBCook]

I saw a screenshot. Somehow a QR code is presented and you scan that with your phone. I’m not entirely sure what happens from there.

But there was a picture of them using it with a Windows machine. So they’ve thought of it.

[theluketaylor]

My understanding is the QR code is used to establish a quick BLE connection. The phone then pretends to to be a simple FIDO2 key. After that things proceed like any other FIDO2 workflow.

[cokeandpepsi]

interesting, but it still needs an iPhone> -- I was kind of burned hard when trying to migrate my iCloud keychain passwords to something else so I'm curious how smooth it actually is

[willis936]

Apple is the face on the screen. There is no lady with a hammer.

https://youtu.be/OYecfV3ubP8

[threeseed]

This is based on an open standard and is entirely optional.

So your analogy makes absolutely no sense.

[willis936]

It's a metaphor.

Semantics aside, holding private keys hostage with no recourse is Orwellian. A for-profit company has no business being a centralized identity authority.