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Sorry to ask - I don't have personal experience using such a system.

Would it be possible to bookmark the login link so that in the future I don't first have to go to my email in order to log into the service?

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No. The links are temporary.

And worse (sometimes) consumed by email scanners. There's all sorts of hassles with them. Email deliverability often an issue too.

Oh, I see. Thanks! So, they're basically the second part of 2FA?

They aren't really 2FA at all since often you don't need a password. To login you just type your email and enter the code you got from the email or click a link.

Shopify works this way where buyers don't have passwords and only log in with codes sent via SMS/Email.

You stay logged in due to cookies. You don't need to keep the login link.

Except that some people prefer to purge cookies when closing their browsers. And the session typically doesn't last forever, even if you keep the cookies.

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