re: “Food for thought... How long before this all gets out of hand? “
How much ‘stuff’ do you leave on your phone?
How much ‘stuff’ do you leave on your computer/laptop/tablet?
Every time I have to enter a password, I select ‘do not remember’. I might not have as many needs for passwords, as some of you younger (<65) folks, but do you have your machine of choice ‘remember’ your password?
Actually, thanks to the younger, and those who demanded an easier tech life, it is already out of hand, and your privacy is screwed.
In my instance it’s not “remembering” the password, it’s pulling it from an encrypted keychain. Could somebody potentially gain control over one of my devices and get into an account of mine? I imagine so but it won’t be especially easy and I’m not a high-value target, I’d pretty much have to get fooled by a phishing ploy or otherwise give administrative approval, nothing like that happens on an Apple without doing so. Remember that next time you hear crowing about hacking an Apple, it’s always due to a naive or stupid user granting access. An even worse risk is a bad actor internal to one of my financial institutions gaining access, because the required information exists on that end. But, I can’t control what I can’t control. What I don control is as well in hand as it can be within reason, given that I cannot possibly remember 30 different unique passwords, some of which are required to be reset every (x) months for security purposes. So I rely on the keychain.