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lII1lIlI11ll 4 hours ago

> passwordless-based authentication like 404media (you want to sign in? You've been emailed a code)

How is this low friction to manually copy/paste a code from email as opposed to allow a password manager to log me in automatically?! This kind of authentication is the stupid current trend I hate the most TBH.

rithdmc 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> > HN is going to skew towards people with password managers

palata 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Towards people with password managers, or towards people who want to have the freedom to choose how they log in? I also hate those damn login emails.

lII1lIlI11ll 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

But everyone has a password manager now. They come builtin to all major browsers, Apple ecosystem, etc. My non-technical girlfriend uses one.

rithdmc 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah, and I support anything that makes security by default easier. I'd love to see adoption numbers for in-browser password managers, though, because I feel it's not very high yet.

palata 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> I'd love to see adoption numbers for in-browser password managers, though, because I feel it's not very high yet.

Why specifically in-browser?

vel0city an hour ago | parent [-]

Because without that the argument of "everyone has a password manager" fails. Tons of people don't have 1Password or Bitwarden or Lastpass or KeypassXC or whatever.

So sure, they might technically have a password manager installed, in that every major browser has a password manager included. But do they actually use it? That's what really matters.