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WhatsApp is one step closer to adding email address verification (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] ejmin@lemmy.ml -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What? They don't suport a username+password login?

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No. Only phone number. The password is sent by SMS on every login.

[–] neutron@thelemmy.club 6 points 10 months ago

I hate apps and services doing that.

[–] Asudox@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

great. I always wanted to receive passwords via sms

/s

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not a password it's a one time code to confirm you have access to the phone number.

[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Still bad. TOTP is better than that.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago

Like I said, the goal is to verify access to the phone number, because that's the main account identification.

TOTP is not related to the phone number in any way.