Nobody said it would, but no key would either. And that’s way more likely than someone stealing your credentials from a device. It doesn’t matter how your smart lock credentials are stored on a device nobody is trying to steal them so they can unlock your doors. Anyone who wants in your house will bypass the lock. This isn’t a defense of Google, it’s just pointing out that unless you’re a high value target in a movie this isn’t how people are getting in.
If google has a bunch of keys to people’s homes, it basically becomes an extremely valuable hacking target, it’s dumb to centralize this sort of thing, even if a non-evil, non-incompetent company were trying to do it (which is not the case, it’s Google)
Google already has a shitload of information way more valuable than that, they’re already a huge valuable target. We shouldn’t be giving them any info, house keys are the least of it. Also, Apple would be the target for burglars. Any thief sophisticated enough to steal electronic credentials for a burglary is smart enough to know the overwhelming majority of targets they want to hit are Apple users, not Android.
Nobody said it would, but no key would either. And that’s way more likely than someone stealing your credentials from a device. It doesn’t matter how your smart lock credentials are stored on a device nobody is trying to steal them so they can unlock your doors. Anyone who wants in your house will bypass the lock. This isn’t a defense of Google, it’s just pointing out that unless you’re a high value target in a movie this isn’t how people are getting in.
If google has a bunch of keys to people’s homes, it basically becomes an extremely valuable hacking target, it’s dumb to centralize this sort of thing, even if a non-evil, non-incompetent company were trying to do it (which is not the case, it’s Google)
Google already has a shitload of information way more valuable than that, they’re already a huge valuable target. We shouldn’t be giving them any info, house keys are the least of it. Also, Apple would be the target for burglars. Any thief sophisticated enough to steal electronic credentials for a burglary is smart enough to know the overwhelming majority of targets they want to hit are Apple users, not Android.
Apple is infinitely more secure than google tho, all of the most sensitive information is stored locally, on your device.
Your biometrics for example, should you choose to set them up, are encrypted and stored locally on your device.
If a criminal wants them, they have to steal the physical device, and then figure out how to extract that encrypted data (not a simple task).