> Users don't have the same life experience as security people and sometimes a user simply do not know how to verify a link on e.g. his iPhone.

Later...

> My password is mine. I control my password. I own my password. I am not dependent upon some third party closed proprietary operating system or device to handle my security. I would rather have a piece of paper with all my passwords written down, stored in a drawer at home

So the general public apparently lacks the ability to verify the url in an email, but _do not_ lack the ability to safely control their password? You completely ignore the ability of the site administrator to safely control your password by the way.

Altruistic as it may be to be anti-Big Tech, they are pushing the needle forward on cybersecurity. Looking at Apple, they invested millions into a special biometric device that ensures the fingerprint cannot be retrieved by *anyone*.

Also, I missed the part of this article where a quote was identified that hardware keys are for the entire population of the world? We do not roll keys out to every single employee - you're right about that. It's an interoperability nightmare. We do roll keys out to critical staff though. CEOs, COOs, high profile figures, critical service admins, etc. These folks are already trained and understand exactly why this initiative is so important; usually because they themselves have been targeted already.

Hardware keys are a great thing. I'm frankly getting really exhausted reading about how every new solution must be engineered to fit every single human of planet earth's needs. Its simply not designed with them in mind because they're simply not ready yet. It is what it is.

Nuclear power plants don't air gap controls because they hope the same system is used by Walmart down the street. They do it because their risk is... well... nuclear. Hardware keys in tech are no different.

I lost a loved one and mistakenly assumed work peers would understand that I was struggling. They didn't. No secret the workplace makes people astoundingly cold. This left me feeling bitter at the industry.

Towards the 8 month mark I started to have a different crisis: I still didn't want to work again. Would I ever want to work again? Just in the knick of time I did find my stride. My point is that it took patience. You're in the wrong environment for that.

I'm sure you've heard this before but your work doesn't care about you. Your co-workers don't care about you. If you put even a small amount of care or emotion into the job you're playing yourself.

Your kid matters. Your job doesn't. Your deadlines are a lie made up by someone who should be focused on going to therapy. Sounds like you're a driven, talented individual. Take a break for you and your kid. That ambitious drive won't leave you just because you took a break to focus on what actually matters.