# Passwordless/QR code login **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [October 17, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passwordless-qr-code-login/99786 "2018-10-17T23:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Soni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Soni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Soni)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passwordless-qr-code-login/99786/1 "2018-10-17T23:48:00Z")
If a device has a screen, and another device has a camera, it should be trivial to login using a QR code between the two. This avoids the use of passwords, and could even allow passwords to be disabled completely! You can’t breach/leak something that doesn’t exist! (Alternatively, client-cert-wrapped public key authentication, similar to SSH, would also be nice. This way, the key is derived client-side and no password or private key or other secret is ever sent to the server. It’s also 100% MITM proof, unlike the QR codes. Might be a while until HTTPS clients start adding support for this, tho…) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passwordless-qr-code-login/99786)._