New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Are you requiring email verification during signup for your service?
Ask HN: Are you requiring email verification during signup for your service?
21 by throwawaygeorge | 13 comments on Hacker News.
I’m a consultant/freelance developer, and a few large companies I do consulting for have recently switched to not requiring their users to verify their emails upon signing up for an account on their apps. This has at least 2 issues that seem very problematic: 1. Since many companies use their “user base” as a means to calculate growth, not requiring email verification makes it much easier to fake this number. 2. Easily being able to cause spam for an email address that does not belong to the person who is signing up. 3. Advanced phishing methods What have been your experiences around this?
21 by throwawaygeorge | 13 comments on Hacker News.
I’m a consultant/freelance developer, and a few large companies I do consulting for have recently switched to not requiring their users to verify their emails upon signing up for an account on their apps. This has at least 2 issues that seem very problematic: 1. Since many companies use their “user base” as a means to calculate growth, not requiring email verification makes it much easier to fake this number. 2. Easily being able to cause spam for an email address that does not belong to the person who is signing up. 3. Advanced phishing methods What have been your experiences around this?
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