echeese parent
It can be used on both Android and iOS. Desktop machines can display a QR code which you scan with your device. Passkeys are backed up to the cloud using E2E encryption. If you get locked out of that device, you can do the same thing as when you lose your password.
> do the same thing as when you lose your password.
If this is a Google Service, then that means begging, pleading, threatening, crying like a baby, then finally posting a rant on HN to get the service unlocked.
You could also try your password, I guess.
The one you lost?
Google is fairly infamous for making it near impossible to recover lost account access, or appeal bans.
I have an account that I’m never getting back. I made an error, when setting it up, that resulted in me losing the password (I saved the wrong one, in 1Password). It’s been a few years, but I remember trying everything to get it back, and was stymied at every turn.
Eventually, I gave up. The reason I registered the account, was because it was the name of one of my corporations, and I didn’t want fraudsters registering it.
Mission accomplished. Ain’t no one using that account.