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Re:Show HN: Userbase – Add user accounts and persistence to ... by ec109685 on Saturday January 25, 2020 @09:57AM (#22146471)
Why bother with password then and just ask security questions each time?
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Re:Show HN: Userbase – Add user accounts and persistence to ... by tobr on Saturday January 25, 2020 @10:48AM (#22146707)
And why bother with any of this if it requires reliable persistent local storage anyway?
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Re:Show HN: Userbase – Add user accounts and persistence to ... by j-berman on Saturday January 25, 2020 @11:00AM (#22146784)
This is not the case, right now all a user needs to sign in is their password.

Only that particular password reset mechanism I described benefits from local storage. It's difficult to explain in one comment. We'll have clearer diagrams and explanations soon :)

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