Medium made a huge deal about it when they released it as a feature:
https://blog.medium.com/signing-in-to-medium-by-email-aacc21134fcd

Makes total sense though; passwords are an old solution to a difficult
problem. Of course it also means that your email better always be in your
control otherwise that’s the single point of failure.

Cheerio,

Ashim
Design & Build

The Random Lines
www.therandomlines.com


On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 at 17:25, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote:

> I must say that "use 'forgot password'!" is advice I get very often from my
> bank. I think it is an absurd solution that works!
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 8:53 PM Ra Jesh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hahaha. Neat!!!
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 20:51 Ashim D'Silva <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > For sites I don’t use too often, I was always tempted to reuse
> passwords
> > > which is a pretty bad practice, so I started just using the forgot
> > password
> > > feature more often. So I have a ridiculous entirely random password
> that
> > I
> > > don’t know, and then just say forgot password when I want to log in.
> > >
> > > It’s could also be a good way to go about changing all your
> passwords—and
> > > side effect is it confirms your backup email.
> > >
> > > Cheerio,
> > >
> > > Ashim
> > > Design & Build
> > >
> > > The Random Lines
> > > www.therandomlines.com
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 at 16:55, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 2:42 AM Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 2:04 PM Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > 1. Log out all gmail/facebook/other social sessions (Most
> providers
> > > > give
> > > > > > you the option to "log out all current sessions")
> > > > > > 2. Change all the passwords of pwned email addresses
> > > > > > 3. Enable 2FA EVERYWHERE that supports it. Ideally, with a
> hardware
> > > > token
> > > > > > such as a yubikey.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Additionally, I'd also suggest you log in to your various
> > (potentially)
> > > > > compromised accounts, check under security setting to see if the
> > backup
> > > > > email address (where password reset notifications are sent) and
> > backup
> > > > > phone number have been tampered with.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > In addition to all of those steps, I also recommend using unique
> > > passwords
> > > > in all the sites. It is not going to be possible for you to remember
> > that
> > > > many unique passwords (especially if you choose strong passwords). I
> > > > recommend you choose strong passwords that you memorize for one or
> two
> > of
> > > > your key accounts (Google, Facebook). And use a password management
> (I
> > > > personally use keepass) to generate and store strong unique passwords
> > for
> > > > your other sites.
> > > >
> > > > Thaths
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay?
> > > > Carl:  Nuthin'.
> > > > Homer: D'oh!
> > > > Carl:  Unless you're crooked.
> > > > Homer: Woo-hoo!
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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