As an alternative, some services like slack when inputting the email/username and tapping login on the mobile web/app then send you an email with a link to the site that will log you in once automatically.
Given users are usually logged in to their email accounts on their phones it's basically hassle free login. For me it was the most seamless login experience I've had on a phone! On Oct 29, 2015 2:40 PM, "Florian Schmidt" < [email protected]> wrote: > Forward to mobile-l (I answered Andre, only :/) > > -----Original-Nachricht----- > Betreff: AW: [WikimediaMobile] Password alternative for mobile > Datum: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:48:55 +0100 > Von: "Florian Schmidt" <[email protected]> > An: "Andre Klapper" <[email protected]> > > As far as I understand you don't need to type in your password. So the > login would have the following workflow: > Type in the username on the Yahoo login page and click "login" (without > entering a password). You'll get a notification on your smartphone with > details about the computer/device where the account access request was made > from. If you accept this request, you'll get access to the account on the > pc where you want to login. > > No need to know a password or type in a one time code. Only a username and > the (registered) smartphone is enough. > > Sounds very interesting. > > -----Original-Nachricht----- > Betreff: Re: [WikimediaMobile] Password alternative for mobile > Datum: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:33:50 +0100 > Von: Andre Klapper <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > > On Thu, 2015-10-29 at 00:17 -0700, Pine W wrote:> Maybe worth considering > as an option for mobile Web and mobile apps?> > http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/Yahoos-updated-email-app-aims-to-ki> > ll-the-password-333096981.html > > What is the actual difference to Two-Factor Authentication? > > andre > -- > Andre Klapper | Wikimedia Bugwrangler > http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >
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