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passwordless-login

Provide passwordless login to a website even if the site doesn't
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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.

olav, Nov 20 2017

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       Cybercriminals just love people like you ...
8th of 7, Nov 20 2017
  

       Wouldn't this let anybody log in as you? Or would passwordless-shim.com authenticate you?
notexactly, Feb 11 2018
  

       Presumably this could be made secure if your "secure" email address was password-like, so instead of [olav] entering olav@passwordless-shim.com they could enter (for example) correct-horse-battery-staple@ passwordless- shim.com   

       Still not properly secure as noticed by [8th] <minute's silence> but for low-risk logons could be doable.
pocmloc, Jun 16 2021
  
      
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