Dear #CYBERSEC friends, are there any security benefits to those websites that make you login with a “magic link”? ie you type in your email address, and they then email you a link you have to click to open. Isn’t this less secure than typing in a password and then being emailed a 2FA code?
#asknostr
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2024-09-16 02:07:55
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2024-09-16 02:07:55Event JSON
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