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Re:Monzo urges 480k customers to change their pin numbers
on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @07:13AM (#20624107)
It's your personal identification pin number
Re:Why [Insert Thing Here] Is Not a Password Killer
on Monday November 05, 2018 @02:52PM (#18385355)
What is wrong with magic links exactly?
Email already is the single point of failure, password resets. People are already used to looking at their email, account verification etc. People are already used to looking at their email after signing in, 2nd factor with email exists on some sites.
Downsides are that they might be scanned by security software and visited, but surely that's also a problem for verification links? I can't imagine that people would appreciate accounts being automatically verified...
All other reasons I can think of indicate a problem with password resets as well, which also gives access to the account anyway.
Re:The personal SOS messages the BBC used to send
on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:21AM (#17808892)
Since the article is about the UK it should be said that mobile carriers there do not necessarily know the name of their users.