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Password-protected content
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2013–2023), in 4 threads.
People raised many different problems with Password-protected content, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 4 complaints
- Users must re-authenticate for every protected file on the site2023-02-18
- Logging in on a device lacking the password manager is painful and frustrating2021-08-20
- Extra hoops and roadblocks make the user do work for someone else's crime2015-07-30
- Must password-protect each attachment separately, and the accountant must do the same for replies2013-01-21