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[–] 78 points 7 months ago (10 children)

“Magic email” login is the most stupid method to me. Yeah, just make it impossible to log in with my password manager. The average person probably has the weakest password for their email anyway so if a hacker has access to their account you just made it 100% easier for them to log in.

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    It's to outsource the security risk/liability to a third-party

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I mean if your email is compromised, most of your accounts can have their passwords reset, no? So it’s basically the same as resetting your password every time you log in. Dumb, I agree, but surely not worse from a security standpoint, right?

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Fully agree, it's almost security theater.

    They need to offer a way for use with a password manager, maybe a slightly hidden option or detecting a really long password to stop all the extra bits.

    I forgot what the service was but it will have my user and pass, prompt the email verify, and then it will ask for the token generated in an Auth app.

    At a certain point the proper user probably can't get in

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  • [–] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    It's especially good when you already have an account but accidentally press the Google button and then it creates a duplicate account with the same email and breaks the login for your regular email.

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  • [–] 26 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    This, exactly, stopped me from subscribing to a service last night

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    [–] 23 points 7 months ago

    My biggest annoyance with these processes is when they ask for your user name (loading...) then takes you to a different page to ask for your password (loading...)

    Like, just stick them on the same page, it's an annoyance for the sake of trying to get us to use auto sign in

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago*


    I got this yesterday after signing back in to my google account. Like fuck off, google, i know you already know my address. Its just for those "ads purposes" they try to sneak in the bottom there.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago
    [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    After the age check laws take effect; you won't need to log in. They will know who you are.

    You only have to type the url in your browsers adress bar and you will recieve your obligatory bone sampling kit in your mail box the next day.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    This kind of thing really thoroughly gets on my nerves.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    More relevant every day, now they want government ID and for you to install their app.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    I wonder if it's because some usage statistics tell those sites that 99% of users visiting the site are already logged in and the only case someone is not logged in when they don't have an account yet or if they are just stupid.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    As a web developer I simply have to tell you that this clearly superior web design is the only thing I ever implement. You have to understand the maximized convenience this workflow gives the user and the UX implementation for this makes the login experience flawlessly seamless without any hickups. /s

    Jokes aside. How the fuck did we even get here? 

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Deviant art?? This is not July of 2025 for sure

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