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Re:Using HTTP Basic Auth in 2022 by gjsman-1000 on Saturday January 01, 2022 @04:14PM (#29762885)
Right - it would, I don't disagree, it'd be awesome. It's something like WebAuthn.

I'm arguing here more against some people who think that using a JavaScript-based system to hash the password entry before sending it to the server is a good idea.

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Re:Using HTTP Basic Auth in 2022 by masklinn on Saturday January 01, 2022 @04:21PM (#29762958)
> I'm arguing here more against some people who think that using a JavaScript-based system to hash the password entry before sending it to the server is a good idea.

So you're arguing against something nobody is arguing for?

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Re:Using HTTP Basic Auth in 2022 by madacol on Saturday January 01, 2022 @05:47PM (#29763682)
So you are strawmanning?
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