• Pantherina@feddit.de
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    7 months ago

    Same but this basically puts all the trust in your mail provider which also sucks.

    We should have logins with security keys and/or local biometric unlocking. I think that would already increase security and ease of use a lot. But these things are so expensive and not well supported yet

    • thesmokingman@programming.dev
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      7 months ago

      In theory, my email only serves as a way to verify me and spam me. A good account may require an email for communication and should allow that email to be changed without losing the account, in the same way the good account will let me change the password, the MFA, and ideally even the username (looking at you Steam). Same as a phone number. We’re beginning to see a move toward that flexibility. Most accounts with MFA allow it.

    • soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id
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      7 months ago

      If you’re worried about losing access to your email, consider switching to one with custom domain and a provider that supports it.

    • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
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      7 months ago

      First - mail server might literally be on a box in your home under your full control. Second - if it’s not the case, you don’t need to stick to a single provider. I have mailboxes tied to different platforms on different providers, so I cannot lose all at once.