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comment by mk

I'd happily get such a password-paired ring. However, I wouldn't want to get it from Google. My guess is that Google would not just use it as a security device, but as a tracking/identification mechanism.





Fox  ·  4106 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I held similar apprehensions. Google already knows too much about me. Giving Google control over a physical (as opposed to digital) records of me approaches a limit of personal privacy.

mk  ·  4106 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It would be an disturbingly easy sell too, especially if people could toggle off the password requirement. Before you know it, ISPs will require them.