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by RamenJunkie_ 1075 days ago
I like 2FA with an app, not so much SMS.

I really hate all these other trends I keep seeing. Log ins only using Magic Links in emails, which is an ENORMOUS pain in the ass, and now I often have to log in to another service as well.

Or this weird thing sites are doing lately, where the log in page just asks for a username, then loads a second page with the password box. Like WTF is that even accomplishing besides sometimes confusing my password manager. Why do we need this weird intermediate step at all?

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this is very often so the service can choose if you have a regular password or need to be redirected to an external SSO service (though i guess it's not the only case)

(not that i like it.)