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I love password based login (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by bdjegifjdvw@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 36 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ah but you see it's one factor of authentication that also conveniently loops in whichever email provider is spying on you

[–] LedgeDrop@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago

Ding! Ding!

This is the real answer: mail providers get to track you, your service get constant confirmation that your email is live (so they can send more ads from themselves plus their 400 closest affiliates). It's a win-win situation for everyone /s.

"The ~~beatings~~ enshitification will continue, until moral is improved."

[–] voidsignal@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Of course. How would Microslop or Google LLMs snoop on your data then? You guys really make no effort.. /s