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> The privacy advantage is also significant and real

Depending which privacy, currently if I input a email into xyz noone can trust that this email belongs to me. In the future every email input can verify if the mail belongs to me, that scream abuse and more new things that try to fix the old.



Can you maybe reword this comment? I can't work out what you're trying to say.


Nowadays, email inputs are just plain inputs. If they gain the ability to automatically verify an email address through JavaScript, there’s a high risk that this feature could be abused by scam or phishing sites.


It'd likely be gated behind something like a physical user interaction (like accessing location) and require the human to approve it.




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