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by x62Bh7948f 1401 days ago
a common account registration pattern in Japan involves presenting a QR code containing a mailto link. The user scans it, sends an empty mail (the details for the subject are already in the mailto link) and a reply comes up with a temporary user. The user can then define a username or password. Sometimes this pattern creates the username and password randomly.