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jdjdjebebyesterday at 5:44 PM2 repliesview on HN

Y? What's wrong with providing username/password authentication


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semiquaveryesterday at 7:12 PM

Being an identity provider for anything important is the freaking worst. Exposes you to a million problems. You need human support for login problems and lost MFA tokens, and you are an attack magnet.

LoganDarkyesterday at 5:59 PM

You become responsible for keeping those credentials secure, among a whole host of other problems. (Abuse like credential stuffing (more), data breaches (more), account farms (more), and so on.)