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Re:Cierge – passwordless authentication by Tomte on Friday January 12, 2018 @09:17AM (#16132922)
You are doing this once per device, every n days, with n typically at least 90, possibly more. Your login form consists of a single field for your mail address which is autocompleted. I really do not see your point.
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Re:Cierge – passwordless authentication by dozzie on Friday January 12, 2018 @10:31AM (#16133604)
> You are doing this once per device, every n days

...with n being 2, and sometimes even 0.3. There are few services where I would want to stay logged in.

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