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Re:The "email is authentication" pattern by rahimnathwani on Saturday September 07, 2024 @10:38PM (#41477825) 

  If the answer is "they just don't get access anymore" or "a panel of their peers attests to them", your fantasy authentication system also needs a fantasy species of sentient beings to serve as users, because it won't work for humans.
It won't work for 99.99% of services, but it can work if your service is huge. WeChat uses a mechanism like this, and it works well.
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Re:The "email is authentication" pattern by 8organicbits on Saturday September 07, 2024 @11:38PM (#41478028)
I'm not familiar, which part of the comment does WeChat implement?
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Re:The "email is authentication" pattern by rahimnathwani on Saturday September 07, 2024 @11:40PM (#41478037)
A panel of peers.
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