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email-based login

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Experiences with email-based login

  • Very interesting, in summary...

    • All the problems of handling emails!

    • More code

    • More platforms

    • Less standardized

      • Not integrated with password managers or browsers

    • More steps

I found it annoying to use myself:

          1. Go to arp242.goatcounter.com
          2. Enter my email.
          3. Go to FastMail.
          4. Wait 10 seconds to 5 minutes for the email to arrive.
          5. Click the link, opening a new logged-in goatcounter tab.
          6. Close the old goatcounter tab where I filled in my email and FastMail tab.

         Whereas with password auth it’s:

          1. Go to arp242.goatcounter.com
          2. Enter my email and password.