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Re:Building account systems by ams6110 on Friday August 04, 2017 @07:17PM (#14933169)
The problem for me at least for mobile access is that I do not have my "real" email tied to my phone. I have an Android phone, but have a separate gmail address that is only used in relation to the phone (activation, google play account, etc.)

If I have to read an email in order to sign in to a web app or website on my phone, that means I need to get on my computer and go to fastmail.fm. Which is inconvenient.

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Re:Building account systems by jlgaddis on Friday August 04, 2017 @09:06PM (#14933659)
Very similar for me. The only emails I get on my iPhone and/or iPad are alerts for $work. For anything else I have to pull up my mail client (I don't use webmail) so it's a huge pain in the ass. I'm hoping this method of "authenticating" quickly dies out.
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Re:Building account systems by wmf on Friday August 04, 2017 @08:37PM (#14933541)
Is there a reason you don't have the Fastmail app installed?
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Re:Building account systems by ams6110 on Friday August 04, 2017 @08:47PM (#14933587)
I don't consider android phones to be trustworthy, and iPhones are too expensive. So I don't do email, banking, or anything sensitive on my phone.
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