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(Replay engineer) Google is currently the only way unfortunately. We wanted to support secure logins at launch, with SSO and Multi-factor Authentication, and focus most of our efforts on the core product. As a result we just went with Google for launch.

We don't currently have any plans to add additional authentication mechanisms but we've heard this feedback from a couple folks and we'll sit down to prioritize it after the excitement of launch has died down. Sorry about that!



Even for Google logins, would you consider using a token-based authentication system (like Spotify, Postman, etc. do)... i.e., your default browser opens, Google logs you in there (or you already are), and that sends a backend auth token to your service to connect your Google and Replay accounts.

I would like to try your product, but am wary of typing in my Google credentials into an unknown, black-box browser. It's too easy to MITM, especially if someone redistributes a copy with a keylogger shimmed in.

The token-based auth means you can still log in with Google but never have to share your Google password with the proprietary Replay browser. Probably many of the multi-login vendors support something similar already if you don't want to deal with it yourself.


Thanks for the update. I had a feeling that this might have been the case due to the launch crunch and it's perfectly understandable. Really excited for the future of this project!




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