The current process of typing your entire password + looking up TOTP/2FA code from mobile is very cumbersome.
This is also made extra annoying by the fact that Kite logs you out every time you close the browser, and not just at the end of the day like other brokers. So if I login to the website in the morning, close the browser and come back later, I have to do this whole login process again.
Please consider implementing any of the following.
- Scan a QR code shown on Kite web, using Kite mobile
- Dhan uses this and it is very convenient.
- Satisfies 2FA since you used 2FA’d to login to Kite mobile
- Lock with a PIN instead of logging users out every time they close the browser.
- Users can set a PIN and login instead of TOTP code.
- Same security level as fingerprint being used for 2FA.
- Groww implements this.
- Fingerprint on desktop
- With advancements in authentication with protocols such as WebAuth, it is possible to securely store credentials on desktop too, exactly like it is stored on Android.
- This is the most convenient. You can just give your fingerprint on desktop and it will login like mobile.
- Zerodha could be the first broker to implement this.
I have already created a ticket for this almost a year ago and they said they would forward the feedback to developers but there haven’t really been any fixes or replies to address/close this over the past year. I decided to create a topic so other members of the community can give their feedback if they face the same issues.