# QR Code Login method

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/qr-code-login-method/202164
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [August 24, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/qr-code-login-method/202164 "2020-08-24T02:22:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/qr-code-login-method/202164/1 "2020-08-24T02:22:18Z")

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> [@Webauthn support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webauthn-support/126454/43):
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> It is going to be very interesting to see if you can enter your faceid on the phone and login using the web browser on the desktop

We could go to the more standard way of using one session to authorize another (which can be gated behind 2FA sessions, or not) via QR Codes.

[Discord](https://discord.com/login) does it very well:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/7/e7a3be3f2d1b687ede95b12e3304e9e09dcc511a.png)

[Whatsap](https://web.whatsapp.com/)p uses it as the only login method:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/2/d2938be8d48db3c499b4fc108cef6c54f64355b9.png)

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/qr-code-login-method/202164/2 "2021-08-30T20:42:50Z")

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3 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Webauthn support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webauthn-support/126454/52)