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Frankly, I'd prefer the service to include a one-time code instead of a link. Especially since links are often a "to verify your email click here", with "click
by arielcostas 2y ago
Frankly, I'd prefer the service to include a one-time code instead of a link. Especially since links are often a "to verify your email click here", with "click here" being an Amazon SES, SendGrid or similar tracking URLs, or a super-long URL I can only read, uncomfortably, on the tooltip that my email client shows; or by long-pressing it on my phone.
This applies also to the (really annoying) MFA emails (and we really should stop doing this shit, and instead support at the very least TOTP), "magic" links and similar, who also require you to visit the link from the same device, when perhaps I am on a public computer without my email signed in; and getting into gmail or outlook to find your f-ing link would be annoying, because I have 2FA there too.
Instead, just send me a code. It can even be in the subject field, like "012345 is your login code for WHATEVER", and I'll see it at a glance on my notifications. Then I'll input it on the device where I'm logging in (such as the public desktop computer) and go on with my day.