Just wondering what people are using to meet the 2FA requirement GitHub has been rolling out. I don’t love the idea of having an authenticator app installed on my phone just to log into GitHub. And really don’t want to give them my phone number just to log in.

Last year, we announced our commitment to require all developers who contribute code on GitHub.com to enable two-factor authentication (2FA)…

  • ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 months ago

    2FA is for people who don’t know how to use randomized passwords for every site

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      4 months ago

      The day your machine is compromised is also the day ALL your passwords get stolen.

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      4 months ago

      Brilliant. Until that website’s unsalted pw database is downloaded through a SQL injection.

      Use both. You’re not smarter than security professionals.