sneak's law: users can not and will not securely manage ( = {generate, backup, authenticate} ) key material.
Any system that expects users to preserve keys is going to fail.
Any system that expects users to preserve keys is going to fail.
A friend of mine had a stroke unexpectedly in his 40s which ruined his language memory. Regaining access to much of his digital life was somewhere between difficult and impossible.
So all technology ends up being designed for careless and irresponsible people because it's generally profitable to do this. If you don't, someone else will.
> So all technology ends up being designed for careless and irresponsible people because it's generally profitable to do this
So all of technology ends up getting designed for life, which generally will throw obstacles in your way. And therefore people will build escape hatches.