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Ask HN: What ratio of users choose a “magic link” to log in?
I've been seeing more and more usage of the "magic link" (submit email address, receive tokenized URL in an email, click link to sign in) pattern in web _and_ mobile apps.
I, myself, tend to favor it. I'm skeptical of the general public's acceptance, though.
For those of you building apps with both options, what numbers are you seeing around its adoption?
Thanks!
- sharemywin 8y agoInstagram asked for my phone number and permission to read texts so it could connect(and read all my text).
- sharemywin 8y agoI was just pointing out a user flow that a crap load of people have used to become users. not sure why all the down voting. So, a lot of it is going to depend on how much in demand your app is.
- grawprog 8y agoNope don't like it at all.
- ahazred8ta 8y ago"submit email address, receive tokenized URL in an email" ... is a known-vulnerable antipattern, because email normally exposes that token to third parties. http://www.goironbox.com/why-email-is-not-secure/ http://www.goironbox.com/why-email-is-not-secure/