Re:Stop Trying to Fix the User (2016)
by falcor84 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @07:58AM
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You do of course need to remember each order, keeping track of invoices etc. But I don't understand why that would require keeping track of a user more than any brick and mortar store that supports paying now and getting the product delivered to your door.
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Re:Stop Trying to Fix the User (2016)
by icebraining on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @09:41AM
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You need to authenticate the user to grant them access to the order info, no?
Not necessarily (as you wouldn't in a store); they'd just never to prove sufficient knowledge of the transaction (e.g. invoice number).
Note for example how you can track any package in the world when you know it's code. That seems to be working well without relying on user authentication, no?