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Accessible Authentication
Designing sign-in and account recovery that don’t depend on memory, copying or puzzles.
What is Accessible Authentication?
Designing sign-in and account recovery that don’t depend on memory, copying or puzzles.
What you learn
Don’t make signing in a memory or copying test.
When it helps
people get locked out, can’t paste a code, or face a puzzle to sign in.
Use it at work
- Allow pasting and password managers.
- Offer ways in that need no memory, like passkeys or email links.
- Give codes enough time, and let people resend them.
- Avoid puzzles. Use checks that don’t test memory or skill.
Your output
Sign in to your product with a password manager and a pasted code. Remove anything that blocks pasting or forces retyping.
Watch for
Blocking paste, forcing people to retype codes, or adding puzzles.
Related practices
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