There will be lots of a useless accounts you have to make in life. Scale yourself. Many such accounts will not be optional. At least this one provides you with some value.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hard why not both? You should use a password manager & create less accounts on platforms or sharing your phone/email if you can help it.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago

Sure, in general yes. But in reference to the comment, writing a check they would already have my name address and some reference to my bank account details even without the online account, which implies a high degree of trust.

If I need an account to read an article on a website? Then I’m not interested in reading your article.