In our first post, we defined some common auth terminology to help clarify the jargon used when discussing ‘auth’. There’s no shortage of terminology, so here’s part two of commonly used words. Magic Link/Passwordless Passwordless login is just that—a login without a password. Because most users

Authentication is a broad topic that can be both very simple and very complicated. In this series we’ll describe what it is and different approaches to implement it, starting from older less-secure methods and ending with modern more-secure methods.

Whether you are new to the auth space or not, there’s a lot of overlapping terminology that can be hard to decipher. In this post, we’ll look at some common but confusing terminology and describe what each means with examples.