The user actually "uses" the email ID and can remember it . I can never remember my "usernames" , usually. Also "forgot password" becomes easy with email ID's . But then again, to each, his own.
On 22 July 2013 21:09, Robert Walker <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Emil S. wrote in post #1116233: > > I use email for login , so I do this in the console/database seed file : > > User.create(email: 't...@test.com', password: 'password123', > > password_confirmation: 'password123') > > Then I log in with the "t...@test.com" and "password123" > > Personally speaking, I generally dislike the practice of using email > addresses as usernames. Yes, it has a certain convenience. Convenience > will always be in contention with security. > > There are a number of reasons for this: > > 1. If the site gets hacked there is no way to protect email addresses > from exposure. If email addresses are kept separate from the user > account information then it is at least possible to protect them from a > hack against the user login info. > > 2. If a user changes their email address (or otherwise loses control of > their email account) they have no way to verify themselves in case they > need to reset their password. > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/109f507533ae30c67151c56b115d7a16%40ruby-forum.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAJ%3Dox-BG%2BkuJzRMBa0uey%3Db-UKjOidtDkc3kq-48UWgutGZ_2g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
