I love you @404mediaco, but I really wish I had a password auth instead of the whole "email you a magic link" thing every time I sign in.

SlightlyCyberpunk

@vkc @404mediaco They're REALLY big on emails over there. The CEO or whatever has me blocked on here because I once told him that I prefer to not give my email address out to every random website...

Ethan Blanton

@vkc Even still, you have to wait for the link! Which is _usually_ there almost immediately, but sometimes ... you know, it'll get there eventually. Because Email.

Veronica Explains

@james @404mediaco oh I didn't even think of those folks who are using this on their work device and *can't* or *shouldn't* log in to personal email. That was me a couple of years ago!

That's a big barrier! Password auth would be so helpful to those folks!

Veronica Explains

@admin I use a service to generate fake emails for this sort of thing, it's awesome! I can always tell *exactly* who sold my email to folks, or where email leaks came from.

I almost never give out my real email to anyone other than a human I know in the real world.

/dev/urandom

@vkc

i wonder if this is how @404mediaco tries to prevent the possibility of multiple people using the same account

Rob\Viewdata UK

@vkc
Even worse when on phone, and it's running low on RAM, so swapping out to email and clicking through causes the browser to reload the page and start the whole login process again from the beginning..
(no idea if 404 does this, I'm not even signed up there due to needing to sign up!)

Ozzelot :runbsd:

@ElliesSurviving
You can be old fashioned without actually being old... (Any other variant would mean I'm old, and I'm not even pushing 30! Maybe I'm poking 30 gently with a stick, but it's still a stick of respectable length!)
@vkc

[384992] Ellie Winters :v_trans: :verifieddemigirl: :v_plu:

@ozzelot @vkc fair point, i mean in terms of that i guess you could say i am pretty old fashioned when it comes to certain things especially with technology

Ozzelot :runbsd:

@ElliesSurviving
Wanting to control your tech and not having it listen to you at all times is apparently old fashioned now (as noted during a recent interaction with my aunt's new fancy car with some voice controls... next time I'm taking the bus.)
@vkc

Ozzelot :runbsd:

@ElliesSurviving
Apparently saying "hey (car), set the temp to this many degrees" is more convenient than having a knob that you just know from memory where you want it... I disagree with that, but eh, not my car. And never shall it be.

(Not a Tesla btw.)
@vkc

Christof Damian 💙💛

@vkc @404mediaco it's a super annoying trend with websites at the moment.

[384992] Ellie Winters :v_trans: :verifieddemigirl: :v_plu:

@ozzelot @vkc i dont drive and sometimes im quite thankful for that seeing how modern cars are, i dont want everything done electronically via voice commands or a central touchscreen, id prefer buttons, knobs and dials, if a car (or really any technology) can hear me (and it has to in order to do voice commands) without my explicit permission (usually to make a phone call, video call, or a voice message/voicemail, i dont have any other need) thats just a major red flag to me

[384992] Ellie Winters :v_trans: :verifieddemigirl: :v_plu:

@ozzelot @vkc yeah saying the command (and having it hear you incorrectly about 5 times at least) is apparently more convenient than just a turn of a knob

Ozzelot :runbsd:

@ElliesSurviving
I'd drive some old clunker (and maintain the thing) if I had to - but I never even had a licence
@vkc

[384992] Ellie Winters :v_trans: :verifieddemigirl: :v_plu:

@ozzelot @vkc yep, if i was to drive this is the exact direction i plan to take

Ozzelot :runbsd:

@ElliesSurviving
To be fair, it heard her the first time.

And then it also rattled off some info about the company that made it. I don't know what it heard to do that. I just know I'm not getting back into that thing.
@vkc

Olivier

@vkc that does seem very annoying.

If you don't mind me suggesting an alternative... I signed up once and have been using their RSS feed ever since which gives the whole articles, not just headlines. No login required.

David Prochnow

@vkc @404mediaco magic links come straight from hell.

Veronica Explains

@dacmot I routinely use RSS but not on every device, frequently enough I come across a link organically and run into these messes!

dogzilla

@vkc @juandesant @404mediaco This pattern needs to die. I’m starting to see this more and more with new apps. I get they’re hoping to avoid disposable email addresses, but I’m certain this will have the opposite effect of what they’re hoping for.