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		nerf3000 on Nov 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Invalid Username or Password”: a useless security... Or just allow multiple accounts to use the same email (with an upper limit) Already people can chuck a + in the user part and register with the same email like joe+2@gmail.com so really there's not much point trying to maintain a 1:1 user to email ratio.

mod on Nov 23, 2022 [–]

That's what I've always done, with an upper limit of 1.

More seriously, this just kicks the can a little bit.

"Already people can chuck a + in the user part...so really there's not much point trying to maintain a 25:1 user to email ratio"

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