Passwords are a pain! Either you use a single one for all
your
properties (don't!), or you use a password manager that
may
or may not work when you are on the go.
But, passwordless login via a login link in your email inbox is
easily attainable but still not very widely deployed. This
idea
seeks to build a service that provides passwordless login to
a
side even when the site itself doesn't.
The way it could work would be to provide an email address
and inbox for registration and "lost password" emails.
When I want to login to a site, I would click in "Lost
password"
and enter my email address, e.g. olav@passwordless-
shim.com
The service would intercept the email, click the link on my
behalf, enter a randomly generated password and log me in
with it.
I am sure this could be made to work at least for *some*
sites.