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Re:Why we went passwordless on our new product by bhargav on Sunday March 07, 2021 @01:45PM (#26378473)
Password reset ~= Magic link. The risk profile of this is no different than a password reset with no fallbacks such as 2FA.
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Re:Why we went passwordless on our new product by sontek on Sunday March 07, 2021 @01:48PM (#26378518)
I had to google "~=" had no idea some languages use that for "not equals" instead of !=.

I've only found lua and MATLAB that use it but its interesting to understand. I was super confused on what you were trying to say.

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Re:Why we went passwordless on our new product by Osiris on Sunday March 07, 2021 @02:36PM (#26378994)
I thought he meant "about equal" as I've always used tilde to me about/approximately.
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Re:Why we went passwordless on our new product by sontek on Sunday March 07, 2021 @08:40PM (#26381532)
Maybe he can clarify. I don't want to assume he meant "not equals" but thats what I found on google
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Re:Why we went passwordless on our new product by postalrat on Sunday March 07, 2021 @02:03PM (#26378669)
I'm comparing passwords with an email reset vs magic links with no password in my comment.

Magic links will be more secure.

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