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stefan_ • today at 10:24 AM • 5 replies • view on HN

Isn't magic email login link only great? What a shambles.


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OJFord • today at 10:37 AM

I absolutely hate it, can't understand how that's all they offer (or Google SSO). It's bad enough when the password option is just really hidden and non-obvious (like Notion iirc), not having it at all is ridiculous.

I don't have that email account on my phone. So to log in, I have to open my laptop, get the 'magic' link, find a way to send it to myself on my phone that doesn't make a request (e.g. for an unfurl) expiring it, and then open it on my phone to log in. So magic.

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FinnKuhn • today at 10:36 AM

SSO logins don't work either.

AndroTux • today at 10:53 AM

Especially awesome when they don't allow you to change your email address ever again.

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nicce • today at 11:01 AM

> Isn't magic email login link only great? What a shambles.

They just outsource the security into your email provider.

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ninjin-carh • today at 10:33 AM

Time to support passkey so we don't need to keep opening email to use a magic link?