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Re:How Popular Is “Sign in with Apple”? by pfranz on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @02:02PM (#22172873)
Maybe it's just me, but one bummer about this kind of system is that's is A+ top security for a lot of stuff I don't care about. To create some account on a random forum to give feedback about how I got a stuck oil filter off of my '03 Civic, for example. With email+password I can just use a low security password because I'm typing on a phone. With these all-in systems my device isn't recognized so I'll need to type in some code from 2FA and type my long, unique password.

I know they're very popular, but there's so much long-term unintended baggage with using these singe signon systems...even assuming Apple's doesn't have the nefarious parts most others have.

Re:How Popular Is “Sign in with Apple”? by eropple on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @02:25PM (#22173125)
Even setting aside Sign In With Apple, why are you consuming mental space and energy with a reused password and whether they should be throwaways or not in 2020, when all mobile OSes and desktop browsers integrate seamlessly with password managers?

Over here, I just use Face ID and 1Password does the tedious filing-and-remembering part that computers are good at.

Re:How Popular Is “Sign in with Apple”? by pfranz on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @04:17PM (#22174128)
I use 1Password on both my phone and desktop for logging in. Saving a new password on the desktop is easy. For the phone it seems rather tedious. Especially when, even on the desktop, many sign up pages have me submit 2 or 3 times because the username is taken, password too complex, or I didn't give them my phone number. I find it way less mental space and energy to reuse a weak password.