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> That's why we need email-based authentication. Because, in practice, sites are going to integrate with Gmail and Facebook and call it a day. So what? That co
by aianus 11y ago
> That's why we need email-based authentication. Because, in practice, sites are going to integrate with Gmail and Facebook and call it a day.
So what? That covers like 95% of web users right there and if some users don't like it they can go through the full signup flow.
- dreamfactory2 11y agoThat's a very Western centred view. We really seem to be losing sight of the internet as a global shared infrastructure, which was the point of the whole thing and where the benefits have come from. On the present course we might as well be going back to the arid experiences of fido and minitel.