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Ask HN: Why is passwordless authentication not gaining traction?

2 pointsby bdzover 2 years ago
I play an online mahjong game where users doesn&#x27;t have passwords. You only need an email account and whenever you want to login you get a one-time code to your email address https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;RI0PqP3.png<p>The whole thing... just make more sense? This is nothing special though, just a regular site but not having a password feels more straightforward.

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night-riderover 2 years ago
&gt; You only need an email account and whenever you want to login you get a one-time code to your email address<p>And what if you lose access to your e-mail? It happened to me a few times and I couldn&#x27;t log in to various services since their login flow required a &#x27;magic link&#x27; sent to my e-mail to login.
sn0w_crashover 2 years ago
A key technical hurdle is that companies need to adopt FIDO2 &#x2F; WebAuthn standards.<p>There’s also a user experience hurdle where people claim to feel safer with a password or with MFA.<p>It’s a combination of technical &amp; messaging.