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		itake on July 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I spent 2 years building a personal finan... I miss when websites had username only login. I get that password recovery is a thing, but I use a password manager. Why do you need my email address?

scubakid on July 24, 2023 [–]

In this case, I'm using Firebase auth and didn't see an auth provider option to allow username only. I think it may let you sign up with a nonexistent email though, so maybe that's close-ish to what you were looking for?

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