> 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.
> > HN is going to skew towards people with password managers
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.
But everyone has a password manager now. They come builtin to all major browsers, Apple ecosystem, etc. My non-technical girlfriend uses one.
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.
> 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?
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.
Yeah, this is why. "in-browser" was unclear when I also meant the iOS ecosystem password manager and stuff.