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It's simple for users. No need to remember passwords anymore, no typing 6 digits numbers from your phone that you need to search in your house before tokens exp
by jupp0r 4y ago
It's simple for users. No need to remember passwords anymore, no typing 6 digits numbers from your phone that you need to search in your house before tokens expire.
This comes with (some) additional complexity for implementing more complex auth flows for developers.
If you think that passwords are working "well enough" today you are clearly not educated on how most users (mis)use them. If you built a site and tried out the passwords people send to you on the logins for providers of the email addresses they send to you, there'd be a large fraction of people reusing their email account password for your service, allowing you to access their email.