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The NREL inertia video explainer felt a little like it was begging the question - "inertia protects the grid because it has inertia and keeps spinning" - it doesn't quite feel like…

For web apps/services, the browser needs to be involved here too, right? (And maybe the OS?) How can I tell Chrome on my desktop to use my "software token" instead of Chrome lookin…

Except it kind of is - the way I read this is "Apple/Google will turn your phone into a hardware FIDO token, but will use iCloud/whatever to reduce the huge painpoint of having mor…

I don't trust Google or Apple to be my main authentication provider, or to manage syncing my private key. Their customer service is terrible and they are way too arbitrary on locki…

I keep an off-site backup at my parents house. Right now it includes a printed copy of my backup codes, so if my house burns down and everything is a total loss here, I at least do…

I've resisted switching to a hardware key because I know that I'm going to break it, and that seems like a huge pain in the ass. I really want to be able to make a couple of backup…