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Re: We wiill send you a code

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micky, 2025-06-09 17:18:

> I'm seeing more and  more webpages that, after entering my userid, want
> to send me a code to log in to the page.  For a computer user, this is
> just silly, when he could have stored his password so that it pops right
> up, without going to read a text or email. And using one's password
> always has been the second option

This is called "second factor" and became quite common, since passwords
are usually not very secure in the way how many people use them. As long
as you did not switch to Passkey or add a second factor like TOTP, many
websites now use "has access to the given e-mail account" as a
substitute for this - even though this might be compromised as well.

> So I'm thinking this change must have come about because of smart
> phones, right?? And that implies it's harder to save password in smart
> phones than in computers.  Is that so, and why? And why have they not
> fixed it?  

No, it is just because insecure online services exist, where user
account information including passwords or weak password hashes based on
MD5 etc. get stolen. Also using password managers is not that common as
it should be.

-- 
Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de

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We wiill send you a code micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-06-09 11:18 -0400
  Re: We wiill send you a code AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-06-09 16:56 +0000
  Re: We wiill send you a code "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-09 21:12 +0200
    Re: We wiill send you a code micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-06-11 07:03 -0400
      Re: We wiill send you a code AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-06-11 16:03 +0000
      Re: We wiill send you a code Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-06-13 09:39 +0200
  Re: We wiill send you a code Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-06-13 09:38 +0200

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