Have you ever visited a website or downloaded an app, and before you can even get a peek inside, it prompts you to make an account? Pretty annoying, and when you're not even sure you'd like to use ...

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Emails and OTPs are the most important part of someone’s personal information, which, if compromised, can prove to be pretty fatal for a person’s financial and personal identity. While you can perform ...