Discussions about Architecture can invoke many passions. Sometimes the passion may get misplaced and lead to errors. Some, for example, may want to make multiple accounts here just to steer the conversation. We want to ensure that the posts and comments that appear here are of high quality.

If we followed a conventional route; such as asking for an email address, etc; there is a chance that someone can create lots of "sock-puppet" accounts and misuse the freedom they get here. After all, it just takes a few minutes to get a free email address.

Our Simple Sign-in Utility gets a unique DeviceID from your computer and sends it to our server. Nothing else is picked up. A "hashed" version of the DeviceID is then used to identify a user and give that person a unique account here. Usually, a person cannot have access to a large number of computers that he/she owns. Therefore we reduce the chance of one person taking many different accounts.

At the same time, you do not have to reveal yourself: We do not know your email address or other contact details when you create an account.

If you do not like downloading anything to your computer, you can always get an account by sending us an SMS from your mobile phone (Explained later)

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