Then I realized that in a crisis scenario - just when I might really need my backups - I would quite likely be locked out of my Google accounts… and given Google’s complete lack of customer service, the lockout could easily be permanent. The database is stored in multiple places online, I can get to the software to read it in a web browser from at least two places, and by the time a hacker could crack its pass phrase, it is certain that I will no longer be here to care.įor a short time I used Google Drive for online backup. I do use a password manager (KeeWeb/KeePass). What never ceases to anger me is when providers don’t let me choose my own level of concern for each of those possibilities.
It seems to me that 2FA trades one security problem (someone who shouldn’t get access can) for another (someone who should get access can’t). How will I get access to my insurance documents (online), my backups (since physical ones were destroyed) and all other accounts? All my “trusted” devices, along with any printed papers or storage devices containing backup codes, are destroyed. My house catches fire and when I run out in a panic, I don’t have my cell phone. Can I get my bank to wire money, find phone numbers or addresses and inform friends, etc? Remember, all my contacts were in my cell phone, which I no longer have.Ģ.
I can perhaps persuade someone - a hotel manager, for example - to let me use an Internet-connected computer, but I can’t install any software and I have nothing with which to authenticate myself but the information in my head.
I am traveling alone in a place where I don’t know anyone, and my wallet and cell phone are stolen.
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