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I don't understand how they can login for you on any of the popular email providers. Gmail, for example, detects a new computer by cookie and "fingerprint" (ip
by MagicPropmaker 8y ago
I don't understand how they can login for you on any of the popular email providers.
Gmail, for example, detects a new computer by cookie and "fingerprint" (ip address, browser, UA, etc). You then get 2fa'd or at least "robot checked".
How did they make this a smooth experience?
- jobigoud 8y agoOn accounts with 2FA not activated I just get an email on my backup account that a new computer has logged in.
- javagram 8y agoAccording to the article it was only offered to a subset of providers that don’t have OAuth APIs. Presumably google and other high security email providers got the OAuth option and this more insecure option was offered to users with ESPs that don’t have the gmail security features you mentioned.