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How to sign in without a password
Naven does not give you a new password to remember. You sign in with an email address you already have, and a code proves you can read it.
Step by step
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Enter your email address
Any address you can read — the one you already use. Naven does not care whose it is.
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Read the six-digit code
It arrives in a few seconds. It is good for a short while and once only.
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Type it in
That is the whole sign-in. There was no password to choose and none to forget.
Worth knowing
- A passkey is faster still, and is the one credential that cannot be phished. Settings has a Passkeys section — worth the thirty seconds on a device you use often.
- The code proves you can read the address. That is the only thing it proves, and the only thing Naven needs.
- On a shared computer, sign out when you are done. The code protects the account, not the open tab.
Questions
Why does Naven not use passwords?
A password on a small site is a password people reuse from a big one, and that is how accounts are lost. An emailed code proves the same thing without creating a new secret to steal.
What if the code does not arrive?
Check the spam folder first — a six-digit code from a name your mail provider has not seen before is a common false positive. Then send another; the old one stops working.
Do I need a phone number?
No. Naven never asks for one, at sign-up or afterwards.