Registered user
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A registered user is a
Rationale
User registration and login enables a system to personalize itself. For example, a website might display a welcome banner with the user's name and change its appearance or behavior according to preferences indicated by the user. The system may also allow a logged-in user to send and receive messages, and to view and modify personnel files or other information.[1]
Criticism
Privacy concerns
Registration necessarily provides more personal information to a system than it would otherwise have. Even if the credentials used are otherwise meaningless, the system can distinguish a logged-in user from other users and might use this property to store a history of users' actions or activity, possibly without their knowledge or consent. While many systems have
User inconvenience
Registration may be seen as an annoyance or hindrance,
See also
References
- ISSN 0742-6046.
- ^ Metz, Rachel (20 July 2004). "We don't need no stinkin' login". Wired.