• ranzispa@mander.xyz
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    1 month ago

    It is quite normal to ask for an email address at registration even when using password based authentication.

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        1 month ago

        No email would be fine for most people, but then there would be the small number of folks who will cry all hell when they forget their passwords and/or secret questions and can’t get in…

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        1 month ago

        It was more or less the default many moons ago, then just a username became more common, now it is back to email or some third party login