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		thomastjeffery on Nov 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Invalid Username or Password”: a useless security... But in that case, there is still an account (just without login ability), and you are probably even sending an email. So in the email you can include a link to optional account (username/password) creation. And if you aren't sending an email, then the user has clearly decided not to create an account.

layer8 on Nov 23, 2022 [–]

The problem is if an account for that email already exists, see https://hackertimes.com/item?id=33720063.

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