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Tell HN: I Don't Want to Use Email as a Password

Old classic flow:

I enter a username and a password. If it's important I set up 2FA and use a timed code or SMS if I have to.

New flow:

I try to log in using my email address. The site generates a code that I now have to go and fish out of my email, cut, and paste in, to get into the site, instead of just proceeding to enter the password that's in my password manager.

Am I the only one that thinks this new approach to logging in just sucks?

25 points CPLX 2 years ago 19 comments

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