Developers can use Privy to prompt users to link additional accounts (such as a wallet or Discord profile) at any point in their user journey, not just during login.
This is key to Privy’s progressive onboarding: improving conversion and UX by requiring users to complete onboarding steps (e.g. connecting an account) only when necessary.
A user’s Privy account and any associated embedded wallets become permanently inaccessible if
the user loses their only login method. Social OAuth providers (Twitter, Discord, etc.) can
suspend or permanently delete accounts without notice — neither the app developer nor Privy can
re-link a new authentication method on a user’s behalf.Apps that hold onchain assets should prompt users to link at least one durable backup method
(email, phone number, or passkey) in addition to social login.
