{
  "id": 3112951,
  "title": "Node.js Passwordless Phone Login: SMS OTP Resend Cooldowns and Attempt Caps",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/node-js-passwordless-phone-login-sms-otp-resend-cooldowns-and-attempt",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-24T20:50:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/ignatiuscole6932/nodejs-passwordless-phone-login-sms-otp-resend-cooldowns-and-attempt-caps-59b0"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Short answer: a passwordless phone login is a sound fit for a gaming storefront, provided the Express/Node.js backend owns the SMS OTP resend cooldown, maximum verification attempts, and anti-abuse counters rather than accepting any of those decisions from the browser or game client. The page arrives after a payment has settled: the player can see a completed order, but the session that should…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}