alt Hacker NewsCan I take a moment to complain about Anthropic's insistence on using a magic email link for login in the year 2026? It's so unnecessary. Please, anthropic team. Just allow us to user username/password/2FA.
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dweekly • today at 5:43 PM
Passkeys are the 2026 answer. No (added) username, no password, no two factor SMS, no phishing.
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post-it • today at 5:41 PM
I support not storing any kind of password, but they should add passkey support.
butILoveLife • today at 5:15 PM
I love it. I forget my passwords.
n4r9 • today at 5:26 PM
Email link is way more convenient than a 2FA text, surely? It means you don't need to remember credentials or have your phone with you.
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skeledrew • today at 6:12 PM
The magic link is nice IMO. One less secret to manage.
Oh yes, upvoting, my top annoyance with anthropic too, email links are a bit ridiculous as a login mechanism. Anytime I have to login again, it’s the ridiculous dance of figuring out what surface I’m logging into and how to get the magic link to open there, and not mistakenly somewhere else. Never a problem with openAI - input password and 2FA - done, logged in.