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We replaced passwords with something worse
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this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2025
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ha, yeah lets replace passwords with codes sent via fuckin email. a service with security as a patchwork of bolt-on crap that barely works and is itself dependent on other services where security was an afterthought... like DNS.
awesome!
If I get the reply from @melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone right, the medium doesn't matter. As in this scenario, you are telling the fake service yourself the secret code.