What I'm proposing is a lightning address field ... you put in kr@getalby.com and it initiates a lighning login with alby without you having to scan a QR code.
You'd want to confirm the login in alby or some other wallet though which maybe isn't that much better than scanning the qr code.
It would be possible with SN, if SN implemented it ... lightning login doesn't require there to be a real lightning node underneath it - just a key pair. We could give every user one to use for login to other services.
Alby is just a better example because they already do both.
interesting… so under this proposal, if someone inputs a lightning address in the email field, will they have to leave SN to authenticate?
No, forget the email field - that's for emails.
What I'm proposing is a lightning address field ... you put in kr@getalby.com and it initiates a lighning login with alby without you having to scan a QR code.
You'd want to confirm the login in alby or some other wallet though which maybe isn't that much better than scanning the qr code.
oh i see, so it wouldn’t be possible to put in kr@stacker.news or a lightning address from other apps, just those from a wallet like alby?
i do like the idea of eliminating the need for qr code logins for apps that have a lot of mobile users
It would be possible with SN, if SN implemented it ... lightning login doesn't require there to be a real lightning node underneath it - just a key pair. We could give every user one to use for login to other services.
Alby is just a better example because they already do both.
Sounds like a great idea. I've been looking for such a solution to lnurl auth in my Android apps also