alt Hacker NewsCredit cards are lost and stolen all the time, and it isn't really a big deal when it happens, since charges can usually be easily reversed. This does not sound like the same scenario. It also doesn't account for people who lack friends/family nearby or at all.
> it breaks and you were too cool to provision a backup
If we're relying on the average person to back things up properly, this idea is doomed from the start.
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DANmode • last Tuesday at 5:28 PM
Yes, you wouldn’t offer your private key to a random food truck.
Just new banks.
Same as people being unafraid of their car key being cloned - because they don’t hand it around the general public.
> If we're relying on the average person to back things up properly, this idea is doomed from the start.
The average person is relying on the average person, for everything, and I agree, they are doomed from the start.
Tech-related items inclusive.