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		mtck on Oct 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Passwordless authentication: Secure, simple, and f... Is there any advantage of this over using Oauth to 'Sign-in with Google/FB' other than being platform agnostic? similar workflow except tokens are being exchanged between server-server vs sever-email.

marco1 on Oct 15, 2014 | [–]

No, except that SSO via such a service is more secure than the email approach. However, being platform agnostic is quite an important reason.

anywherenotes on Oct 15, 2014 | [–]

A lot of times websites start requesting permission to know your name. With email only, they wouldn't have the option.

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