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matthijs_ on Dec 1, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: “Invalid username or password” is a useless securi...

Excellent point. However, I think username / password will be (at least partially) replaced by this:

https://passwordless.net/ - Token based authentication

Benferhat on Dec 1, 2014 [–]

If I'm not logged into a site a that I regularly use, I'm probably not logged into my email, either. In order to log into my favorite site with Passwordless, I have to log into my email as well. With my password. One login for the price of two, and I'm still using a password.

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