There's been some discussion recently on chromium-dev@ about a new phone number verification mechanism using flash calls. I'm curious if there's interest in expanding this work on email verification to include both email addresses and phone numbers.
Unrelatedly, as someone who hosts their own email I'm curious if there are reference implementations available for the email provider side of this system. I'd love to play around with this API and want to be sure it's not limited to users of the major email providers. Reilly Grant | Software Engineer | [email protected] | Google Chrome <https://www.google.com/chrome> On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM Chromestatus <[email protected]> wrote: > Contact emails [email protected] > > Explainer https://github.com/dickhardt/email-verification-protocol > > Specification None > > Summary > > The EVP (email verification protocol) helps users create, access and > recover accounts by providing cryptographic proof that they own an email > address, rather than having to manually verify email addresses with magic > links. https://github.com/dickhardt/email-verification-protocol > > > Blink component Blink>Identity > <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3EIdentity%22> > > Web Feature ID Missing feature > > Motivation > > Verifying email addresses on the web today involves receiving magic link > and proving that you have access to the email inbox. This is cumbersome for > users and inefficient for developers: emails can take a while to arrive, > can get into SPAM folders and users have to switch applications to verify > them. > > > Initial public proposal > https://github.com/dickhardt/email-verification-protocol > > TAG review None > > TAG review status Pending > > Risks > > > Interoperability and Compatibility > > None > > > *Gecko*: No signal > > *WebKit*: No signal > > *Web developers*: No signals > > *Other signals*: > > WebView application risks > > Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that > it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? > > None > > > Debuggability > > None > > > Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests > <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> > ? No > > Flag name on about://flags None > > Finch feature name None > > Non-finch justification None > > Requires code in //chrome? False > > Estimated milestones > > No milestones specified > > > Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status > https://chromestatus.com/feature/5205725253074944?gate=5165657771606016 > > This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status > <https://chromestatus.com>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/68bb77c8.050a0220.257801.0191.GAE%40google.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/68bb77c8.050a0220.257801.0191.GAE%40google.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAEmk%3DMbiA47vS6bxcjChRrsHVSgOhPzBLC0ymng7-gPoOefs2A%40mail.gmail.com.
