NPM has more than 11 million users worldwide. | Image: NPM/GitHub
Developers who use NPM, the popular JavaScript package manager, will now be able to connect their Twitter and GitHub accounts to the software as a recovery method.
The move was announced Tuesday along with a handful of other features meant to combine enhanced security with usability for the GitHub-owned package manager.
In a blog post, GitHub said that the changes would make it easier for users to secure their accounts, while also streamlining some security features that users had found burdensome.
“The JavaScript community downloads over 5 billion packages from npm a day, and we at GitHub recognize how important it is that developers can do so with confidence,” wrote GitHub product managers Myles Borins and Monish Mohan. “As stewards…
