The vast size of the US is doing a lot of work to keep things from boiling over. there’s a reason these loci horridus aren’t in New York or California or even Texas, where most people live.

TOTP is the superior option, IMO, but I’m no expert on security so maybe they’re insecure? it sure seems like some folks would rather do anything but time-based onetimes.

hardware keys are a pain in the neck, just one more thing to be lost.

I don’t know anything about passkeys but if Microsoft is pushing for them I am immediately suspicious. I am admittedly paranoid but if you have been an adult using a computer over the past ~15 years and aren’t paranoid you haven’t been paying enough attention

impeachment in US governance has always been a joke and a partisan cudgel used or withheld on the whims of whoever happens to be in power, with some notable exceptions.

Case in point: the only Supreme Court Justice to be impeached was reinstated because the proceedings, instigated by then-president Jefferson, was very unambiguously politically motivated.

yeah, it turns out unelected, lifetime appointees with the power to interpret the law with no oversight was a bad idea.