Re:The "email is authentication" pattern
by imoverclocked on Saturday September 07, 2024 @11:57PM
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I’m not sure I trust USPS to get all of the ins/outs of email spam/security/ux right. Google has spent a lot of resources to get Gmail to where it is today, starting from scratch (or OSS) seems like a big ask.
Maybe we just ask for an open authentication system instead? Leave the email part to someone else… and maybe the open authentication can plug a crypto app/email/phone backend for recovery once it is setup. Heck, given that’s it’s the USPS, they will probably offer a snail-mail recovery option (for better or worse.)
Maybe we just ask for an open authentication system instead? Leave the email part to someone else… and maybe the open authentication can plug a crypto app/email/phone backend for recovery once it is setup. Heck, given that’s it’s the USPS, they will probably offer a snail-mail recovery option (for better or worse.)