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by sebslomski 2734 days ago
All new apps I’m building are based on password-less auth [1] & bearer token. NoPassword is just so much more comfortable than having to remember passwords. And boy, people are really bad at coming up with passwords - you might have seen it this Christmas at your parents’. [1] http://notes.xoxco.com/post/27999787765/is-it-time-for-passw...
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This works only on devices for which you simultaneously have email access. For instance Netflix on a home gaming console would fail miserably using this schema. See also https://www.troyhunt.com/heres-why-insert-thing-here-is-not-...