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Tag Archives: login

“Username or Password Incorrect” is Bullshit

There’s a security best practice where sign ins aren’t supposed to say “password is incorrect”. Instead they’re supposed to say the “username or password is incorrect”. This “best practice” is bullshit. […] You gain no security, yet your customers lose clarity. At first I raised my eyebrow when reading this, yet it became clear rather …

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Posted byBramus!January 11, 2018Posted inElsewhereTags: link, login, security, uxLeave a comment on “Username or Password Incorrect” is Bullshit

NoPassword Pattern

NoPassword factors out the password from the registration process. You “register” with an email address and receive a link that gives you a session on that browser until you log out. If you ever need to log in from somewhere else, you can request another email with a link that will log you in wherever …

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Posted byBramus!September 30, 2012Posted inElsewhereTags: link, login, patternLeave a comment on NoPassword Pattern

About Bram.us

Bram.us is the technical/geeky weblog of Bramus Van Damme, a web developer based in Belgium.

Bramus is part of the Chrome Developer Relations team at Google, focusing on CSS, Web UI, and DevTools. From the moment he discovered view-source at the age of 14 (way back in 1997), he fell in love with the web and has been tinkering with it ever since.

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