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Re:Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option by apitman on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @01:31AM (#42631598)
Where does Google do this?
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Re:Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option by Groxx on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @09:56AM (#42634868)
Log in on browser -> push notification "is this you?" on your phone -> browser automatically continues when you say "yes".
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Re:Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option by apitman on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @11:53AM (#42636067)
But that's only as a second factor right?
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Re:Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option by Groxx on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @10:19PM (#42641263)
Is that materially different? It's a login that's completed on a different machine, and automatically resumes on the intended one.
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