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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 24 points 14 hours ago (11 children)

And the process of logging in on your phone requires scanning a QR code from your desktop (a technically-minded person will understand this is necessary for E2EE, but to an average user it's just strange).

Pretty sure discord has the same.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 12 hours ago (9 children)
[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

It has QR based sign in. Shit, Steam has QR based sign in so it shouldn't be weird for people at this point.

[–] bekopharm@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 hours ago

So do "Smart TV" apps. Or messenger like Signal. That is really a common thing nowadays.

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