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It could be done, and pretty easily too. To log in, you type in the e-mail. The server sends an email with a link (with secret code), which in turn sets a cook
by nzmsv 17y ago
It could be done, and pretty easily too.
To log in, you type in the e-mail. The server sends an email with a link (with secret code), which in turn sets a cookie when visited. The cookie expires in a month or so, and gets refreshed with every visit to the site. So the user only goes through the login process on a new computer.
One problem with this: it's too different from what's in place now. So users will be confused, at least initially. But this is actually an interesting idea.
- jonny_noog 17y agoAnother problem in my mind is that we have a dependency created between me being able to access a particular email account and me being able to access the website I want to get into. That is, what if I originally signed up with my not@any.com address, but I'm at work, my work blocks the webmail interface that would have allowed me to access my not@any.com account and now I can't login to the website I really wanted to get to either. This topic has been up for a whole hour and no comment from tptacek? What's going on??