Joe Brockmeier (@jzb)Sep 23, 2024

Authenticating to a website, 2010: Type in username and password

Authenticating to a website, 2024:
- Type in username
- Look up 20-character password in password keeper
- wait
- Prompt for 2FA token
- Dig out phone
- Unlock phone
- Scroll through 50 services to find 2FA token for website
- Type in 2FA token
- Success
- Receive email alerting you to the fact you've logged in
- Six weeks later: receive email telling you service had been compromised eight weeks ago and you must change password.

Show threadJoachim Jablon
@jzb
Username ? >Type in username
Push this button to send you an email with a magic link rather than having you type your cumbersome password > no thanks
Are you sure ? Because typing a password is annoying and if you just press this button, we'll just send you a link instead and you won't even have to type your annoyingly long password > no thanks
Ok > password manager pastes
That's the right password but just to be sure it's you, I'm going to send you a link to click on your email
Oct 3, 2024 at 11:23amWeb