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Revision as of 02:46, 4 February 2015
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===Key backup per device=== | ===Key backup per device=== | ||
Because we need to use two different passwords internally | Because we need to use two different passwords internally, as described in the previous section, we could get into a temporary situation where our three devices have a different local password each and then our FxA password is also different from these 3. So '''3 devices''' and '''4 different passwords'''. | ||
All three "local" passwords will eventually be replaced with the FxA password, as per the procedure sketched in the previous section, but the fact that they can theoretically exist for a short period of time means that we need to store a '''different recovery key for each device''' inside a user's Firefox Account. | All three "local" passwords will eventually be replaced with the FxA password, as per the procedure sketched in the previous section, but the fact that they can theoretically exist for a short period of time means that we need to store a '''different recovery key for each device''' inside a user's Firefox Account. | ||
They should be keyed using a yet-to-be-defined ''device identifier''. | They should be keyed using a yet-to-be-defined ''device identifier''. | ||